Probing NGO–community Interactions through Village Cadres and Principal–agent Relationships

Local Effects on the Operation of NGO Projects in Rural China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12422677
AutoresRebecca Yi Wang (0000-0003-0634-9492, Center for Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, China), Liu Qing (0000-0002-7551-2612, Sichuan University, autor correspondente), Qing Liu (0000-0002-5792-6037, Sichuan University)
Ano2021
Volume31
Fascículo135
Páginas445-458
Data de publicação2021-08-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2021.1966904
OpenAlexW3194032662
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

Interactions between NGOs and rural communities in China are an important yet understudied subject. By examining a water conservation project undertaken by an international NGO, this article probes how NGOs and rural communities interact through village cadres, who have considerable influence in shaping the operation and outcomes of NGO projects. In this case, the international NGO struggled to fulfill its aspirations despite making strategic adjustments to either avoid or form alliances with the village cadres. The agency problems inherent in the multiple principal–agent relationships between village cadres and the local government, between village cadres and villagers, and between village cadres and the NGO, gave rise to complicated dynamics of selective implementation by the village cadres, thus creating local constraints on the NGO’s community project

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