Review: "Beyond NGO-ization. The development of social movements in Central and Eastern Europe"/ Kerstin Jacobsson, Steven Saxonberg. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. ISBN 9781409442226
- The volume edited by Kerstin Jacobsson and Steven Saxonberg contains a collection of studies about the specifics of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and selected social movements in post-communist countries in Europe. The main aim of the book is to re-examine the notion of NGO-ization, which describes non-profit organizations and civic charities as structured, professional, and dependent on grants. The NGO-ization theory reveals the mechanism of the negative influence of donors on the development of NGOs. After regular financial support the sponsored NGOs usually change their modus operandi, and eventually focus much more on the mining of funds than on social work. On the other hand, they work only when they have the financial resources. This means that NGOs actually become quite addicted to the system of grants, which changes their focus from helping people to fundraising. The idea of NGO-ization is commented on in almost every chapter of the book from various perspectives.
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| Author: | Aleksander Kobylarek |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-11835 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.11584/opus4-1183 |
| Editor: | Andrzej Klimczuk, Jack J. B. Hutchens |
| Document Type: | Review |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/08/05 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2015/03/09 |
| Publishing Institution: | Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt |
| Creating Corporation: | Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (www.pol-int.org) |
| Release Date: | 2021/08/11 |
| Institutes: | Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Polenstudien |
| Licence (German): |  Keine Lizenz - es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht |
