Knowledge and Power of the Civil Society
An empirical study of Brazilian professionals working in the NGOs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2641844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Júnia Fátima Do Carmo Guerra (0000-0002-5278-7912, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, corresponding author), Armindo Dos Santos De Sousa Teodósio (0000-0002-7835-5851, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais), Walter Mswaka (0000-0003-4686-6953, University of Huddersfield) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-84 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1837-5391 • E-ISSN: 1837-5391 |
| Publisher | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5130/ccs.v8i1.4259 |
| OpenAlex | W2327377087 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
This study critically analyses the way Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operate in Brazil and their contribution to the development of the Brazilian civil society. The notion of 'power fields' and 'habitus', proposed by Bourdieu (1989; 1996), provides the theoretical backdrop to our discussions. This focusses largely on the recursive connection between structure and agency which resonates with the work of Fligstein (2006). This study seeks to critically analyse the learning and social practice developed by professionals in NGOs in their daily activities. This study is based on qualitative research and the results indicated that the knowledge produced by Brazilian NGOs, through the recursive connection between the agents of the fields and the structures underpinning them, contributes to the expansion and transformation of the field in which they operate. This perspective shows that the knowledge generated by this NGOs give them a certain level of power and influence in the Brazilian civil society
Civil society · Empirical research · Epistemology · Habitus · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Underpinning · Engineering · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Economic Solidarity · Social Media and Politics
The moral commonwealth
Business Research Methods
Communities of Practice
Manual or electronic? The role of coding in qualitative data analysis
Within and Beyond Communities of Practice
Building Theories from Case Study Research
Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage
Application of a Case Study Methodology
Application of a Case Study Methodology
Defining the Nonprofit Sector
Part of the welfare mix
From “dot.org” to “dot.gov”
Government action, social capital and development
Development NGOs and the Challenge of Partnership
The constitution of society
Informação e conhecimento na inovação e no desenvolvimento local
Qualitative Data Analysis
Organizações civis
Situated Learning
Re-valuing Women's Knowledge
Translating Public Policy
Intersectional Dialogue - A Cosmopolitical Dialogue of Ethics
Understanding Community
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |