Paved with Good Intentions Canada’s Development NGOs on the Road from Idealism to Imperialism 1st Edition by Nik Barry Shaw, Dru Oja Jay ISBN 155266399X 9781552663998

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ISBN 10: 155266399X

ISBN 13: 978-1552663998

Author: Nik Barry-Shaw, Dru Oja Jay 

Paved with Good Intentions: Canada’s Development NGOs on the Road from Idealism to Imperialism 1st Edition: 

“NGOs are as Canadian as hockey,” declared a 1988 Parliamentary report. Few institutions epitomize the foundational Canadian myth of international benevolence like the non-governmental organization devoted to development abroad.

This book raises important questions about these organizations and their development projects: Just how “non-governmental” are organizations that get most of their funding from government agencies? What impact do these funding ties have on NGOs’ ability to support popular demands for democratic reforms and wealth redistribution? What happens when NGOs support a repressive regime? What happens when NGOs bite the hand that feeds them?

Cutting through the NGO catchphrases of “participation” and “empowerment,” Paved with Good Intentions is a critical history that examines the relationships between NGOs, the Canadian government and social movements, in both the North and South. Connecting the NGO boom to the onset of the neoliberal era, this book illustrates how NGOs have served to soften the blow of structural adjustment while co-opting dissent. This book is a call to judge NGOs by the standards they set for themselves when they claim to work for development in poorer countries.

 

Paved with Good Intentions: Canada’s Development NGOs on the Road from Idealism to Imperialism 1st Edition Table of contents:

Introduction
Part I: Neoliberalism and the NGO boom
A Spoonful of Sugar: Social funds and the bitter pill of neoliberalism
Faith-based Solutions: The gospel of self help and grassroots capitalism
Who Pays the Piper? Structure, funding and autonomy
Empowerment or NGOization? Partnership, capacity building and social movements
Damming Democracy: Haitian NGOs confront “the flood”
Part II: From Idealism to Imperialism
The Idealism of Youth: Rise and fall of the NGO radicals
“Does the Doormat Influence the Boot?”: Civil society and the anti-globalization movement
Hearts and Minds: Development and counterinsurgency warfare
Conclusion: Solidarity from the ground up

 

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