Silences in NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of NGOs in Africa - Softcover

Shivji, Issa G.

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9780954563752: Silences in NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of NGOs in Africa
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ISBN 10: 0954563751 ISBN 13: 9780954563752
Publisher: Pambazuka Press, 2007

Synopsis

One of the most articulate critics of the destructive effects of neoliberal policies in Africa, and in particular of the ways in which they have eroded the gains of independence, Issa Shivji shows in two extensive essays in this book that the role of NGOs in Africa cannot be understood without placing them in their political and historical context. As structural adjustment programs were imposed across Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, the international financial institutions and development agencies began giving money to NGOs for programs to minimize the more glaring inequalities perpetuated by their policies. As a result, NGOs have flourished—and played an unwitting role in consolidating the neoliberal hegemony in Africa. Shivji argues that if social policy is to be determined by citizens rather than the donors, African NGOs must become catalysts for change rather than the catechists of aid that they are today.

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About the Author

Issa G. Shivji is a former professor of law and is currently the Mwalimu Nyerere Research Chair in Pan-African studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. He is the author of Concept of Human Rights in Africa and Let the People Speak: Tanzanie Down the Road to Neoliberalism.

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Publisher
Pambazuka Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0954563751
ISBN 13 
9780954563752
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
82
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