(Non)governing machine
Seized activism and NGOization as forms of governance in Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2290952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuda Rasyadian (0000-0001-8741-9004, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-36 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/plar.12555 |
| OpenAlex | W4393902221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
NGOization is argued as a key process to the expansion of neoliberalized development, feminist movement, and authentic democratization. Anthropologists have challenged neoliberal assumptions behind NGOization. This article extends the debate by investigating how a nongovernmental organization (NGO) project that initially claimed to buttress egalitarian grassroots activism has undergone NGOization with its public discourse and practice integrated into state work, encapsulating what I theorize as "(non)governing machine"-the apparent nongovernment entity that possesses a systematic power and authority to regulate knowledge and population. Drawing from an ethnographic study of an NGO and local politics in Mollo, Indonesia, my argument is threefold. First, I argue that NGOization enables a specific form of governmentality that has allowed the state to increase its surveillance of, and power over, the population. Second, this article proposes that local politics can be a strong impetus to the establishment of NGOization. Finally, by coining the (non)governing machine, I theorize NGOization as a form of governance, pointing at the productivity and vulnerability of NGO form as a "hybrid formation" that grapples between local politics and transnational networks of power and capital
Argument (complex analysis · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Governmentality · Grassroots · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |