The Real World of NGOs: Discourses, Diversity and Development [Paperback]

Dorothea Hilhorst (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 18, 2003

Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organizational practices, and discursive repertoires of NGOs. Her evidence and insights lead to a different picture of NGOs from the one prevailing in the literature. Her model of NGOs--not as clear-cut organizations, but often with several different faces, fragmented, and consisting of social networks whose organizing practices remain in flux--is helpful to understanding not just these bodies, but official development agencies too.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This highly original study is the first time that such a detailed analysis of the everyday practices and social dynamics of an internationally oriented NGO has been achieved." -- Norman Long, Wageningen University

"A coherent and compelling alternative approach to the study of development policies and practices [which] deserves a readership well beyond development studies." -- Gerd Baumann, University of Amsterdam

About the Author

Dorothea Hilhorst is Lecture, Centre for Rural Development, Waginingen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Zed Books (July 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842771655
• ISBN-13: 978-1842771655
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #830,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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