The real world of NGOs
Subtitle: discourses, diversity, and development
By: Dorothea Hilhorst.
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Women in development -- Philippines -- Case studies.; Non-governmental organizations -- Philippines -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organizational practices, and discursive repertoires of NGOs. Her evidence and insights lead to a different picture of NGOs from the one prevailing in the literature. Her model of NGOs--not as clear-cut organizations, but often with several different faces, fragmented, and consisting of social networks whose organizing practices remain in flux--is helpful to understanding not just these bodies, but official development agencies too.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and index.