Singing from the same song sheet? Exploring "civil society" through the eyes of NGO practitioners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Thomas (0000-0002-5648-7271, St Thomas' Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1016-1027 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2020.1801585 |
| OpenAlex | W3086044443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Although historically a contested concept, it has been argued that civil society has become a victim of its own ubiquity in development; its potential for radicalism and innovation blunted by donor-driven narratives and the unquestioning acceptance of those narratives by donor-dependent NGOs. Donor influence is charged with weakening civil society as an arena for political debate and citizen-driven change. This article presents findings from qualitative research undertaken with forest sector civil society organisations in the Central African Republic. It unearths and examines perceptions of the roles and values of civil society among practitioners themselves and the underlying drivers of consensual or contested understandings
Civil society · Economics · Management · Narrative · Perception · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Singing · Sociology · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Introduction
Non-Governmental Organizations and Development
Civil Society and Development
Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development
Talking about pictures
The return of politics in development studies I
Surreptitious Symbiosis
A View from the Top
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
The use of photo-elicitation in field research
How Ideas Spread
The Iron Cage Revisited
Civil society
Strengthening Institutional Isomorphism in Development NGOs? Program Mechanisms in an Organizational Intervention
Civil Society and the Aid Industry
Visual Methodologies in Qualitative Research
Facilitating Empowerment and Self-Determination Through Participatory Action Research
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |