Title: The elusive promise of NGOs in Africa
First published: 1998
Description: Dicklitch challenges the dominant neo-liberal discourse on democratization and development in Africa that views NGOs and civil society as the panacea for underdevelopment and authoritarianism.

Focusing on NGOs and civil society, the author argues that the democratizing and empowerment potential of NGOs and civil society is severely constrained not only by state-imposed bottlenecks, structural and historical impediments and internal NGO limitations but also by the dominant development paradigm of neo-liberalism which views NGOs as fulfilling a gap-filling role for the shrinking African state.

The case-study of Uganda offers ample evidence to discount the automatic association often made between liberalization and democratization.
Subjects: Economic policy, Politics and government, Non-governmental organizations, Democracy, Uganda, politics and government, Africa, economic policy, Africa, politics and government, Uganda, economic conditions, Organisations non gouvernementales, Politique économique, Politique et gouvernement, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Government & Business, Development, Economic Development, Business Development, Structural Adjustment, General
Places: Africa, Uganda
LC classification: HC870 .D53 1998