Public scepticism of internationally supported civil society organisations
Norms, citizen priorities, and local groups in post-socialist Serbia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6255232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sladjana Danković (Independent Sector), Paula M Pickering (0000-0003-1515-8508, William & Mary) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 210-232 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-9165 • E-ISSN: 2159-9173 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21599165.2016.1274654 |
| OpenAlex | W2578286685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 36 |
Despite decades of Western assistance seeking to develop civil societies in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, many local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) lack strong bases in their societies. This field-based study of citizens’ views of Western-aided women’s organisations in four Serbian towns uses frame resonance to explore why. In interviews, many citizens felt that NGOs worked on issues that are abstract, unimportant, narrowly focused, and/or imported, even imposed. Serbian NGOs could increase ties to the public by pursuing activities that better resonate with local norms and priorities, as well as by framing and demonstrating their work as locally responsive
Civil society · Framing (construction · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Serbian · Skepticism · Sociology · Work (physics · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
Centralization of local philanthropy
Environmental Activism in Ukraine
Human rights as mockery of morality , manifesting morality , and moral maze
Perceptions and Drivers of Civic Activism
Rethinking Conceptualizations of Civil Societies in and beyond Post-Socialist Contexts
Rethinking Theoretical Approaches to Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
What do we know about civil society and regime change thirty years after 1989
Lost at the waterfront? Explaining the absence of green organisations in the Don't let Belgrade D(r)own movement
Women and Yugoslav Partisans
Bowling alone
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World
Aiding Democracy Abroad
Human Rights and Gender Violence
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Leveraging Change
Gender and Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
A Country by Any Other Name
The NGO Scramble
Feminism‐by‐Design
Deportation to Democratization
Civic activities in Eastern Europe
Transactional and Participatory Activism in the Emerging European Polity
General Social Survey
Ideas, Networks, and Islamist Movements
Trust, Distrust and Skepticism
The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society
Foreign Assistance, International Norms, and NGO Development
When government fails us
Public perceptions of non-governmental organisations in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Macedonia
Advocating feminism
There's Nothing Anyone Can Do About It
Indigenizing "civil society" in Serbia What local fund-raising reveals about class and trust
Transnational Human Rights and Local Activism
Generating social capital for bridging ethnic divisions in the Balkans
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |