NGOs, Civil Society and Social Reconstruction in Contemporary India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11305632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Biswajit Ghosh (0000-0002-8617-8250, Professor of Sociology,University of Burdwan (India). [email: ], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-252 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Developing Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0169-796X • E-ISSN: 1568-5225 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0169796x0902500205 |
| OpenAlex | W1981853928 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 16 |
The decline or retreat of the state as well as the triumph of the market today is accompanied by increasing attention to Civil Society Organizations. There is a newfound expectation that NGOs or the ‘third’ sector is better placed as compared to the other stakeholders to provide leadership for social reconstruction in the developing world in particular. This article seeks to critically review the role of the NGO sector in India using empirical evidences collected from secondary sources. It argues that NGOs are not an alternative to the state and the public sector. NGO-ization is also neither a means to correct market failures. In spite of the relevance of this sector, we need to look for other viable alternatives
Civil society · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Public sector · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Public Administration
Beyond the Bribe
Sustainable Community Development or Voluntourism
Natural Disasters and Political Engagement
Making it last? Analysing the role of NGO interventions in the development of institutions for durable collective action in Indian community forestry
Promoting a responsive state
Unleashing the Antecedents and Consequences of Work Engagement in NGOs through the Lens of JD-R Model
Legal Protection Against Domestic Violence in India
Human trafficking
Paradoxes of Development
State, citizenship and gender-variant communities in India
Civil society and democratization
Reaching the unreached? Good governance and welfare reform politics in Delhi, India
Transforming Development
The direct funding of Southern NGOs by donors
Governments, NGOs and agricultural development
Critical Development Theory
Whose Reality Counts
Too close for comfort? the impact of official aid on nongovernmental organizations
Civil Society, State and Democracy
Civil Society and the Good Society
Civil Society, State and Democracy
Ethnicity and Insurgency in Tripura
Social Justice in a Globalised World
Democracy and Civil Society in India
NGOs and Civil Society in India
The Virtue of Civil Society
People's Rights
The nature of civil society
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |