The politics of social service provision through NGOs

A study of Latin America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3816635
AutoresJasmine Gideon (0000-0003-4837-9198, University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas303-321
Fecha de publicación1998-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1470-9856.1998.tb00127.x
OpenAlexW4240478973
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas59
Referencias citadas30

This article looks at the role of NGOs in social service delivery in Latin America and questions some of the assumptions which are often made about their abilities. Following the implementation of the neo‐liberal model, increased conditionality has been placed on economic assistance. This has created a new role for NGOs, whereby they are harnessed by states in order to secure effective implementation of reform packages. In the process many NGOs and their own agendas become distorted. The paper discusses the political implications of this new role for NGOs and goes on to conclude that, given the nature of the democratisation process in Latin America, and the accompanying economic model, expectations regarding NGO potential for grassroots empowerment have been over‐optimistic

Conditionality · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Empowerment · Grassroots · Latin Americans · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Policy and Reform Studies