Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development

by Anthony Bebbington (Editor), John Farrington (Editor), David J. Lewis (Editor), Kate Wellard (Editor)

Overview

Reluctant Partners? combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism. This overview volume for the Non-Governmental Organizations series contextualizes and synthesizes the case study material in the three regional volumes on Africa, Asia and Latin America, where over sixty specially commissioned case studies of farmer-participatory approaches to agricultural innovation are presented.
Specific questions are raised. How good/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing contraints to change in peasant culture? How effective are NGOs at strengthening local organizations? How do/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415088442
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/1993
Series:	Non-Governmental Organizations series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Farrington and Anthony Bebbington are Research Fellows with, and Kate Wellard and David J. Lewis are associates of the Overseas Development Institute.

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION: MANY ROADS LEAD TO NGOs 2 CONCEPTS FOR ANALYSING NGO-STATE RELATIONSHIPS 3 NGOs AND AGRICULTURAL CHANGE: TECHNOLOGIES, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RESEARCH METHODS 4 NGOs AND THE RURAL POOR: PATRONAGE, PARTNERSHIP OR PARTICIPATION? 5 RELUCTANT PARTNERSHIPS, HOSTILE CONFRONTATIONS, OR PRODUCTIVE SYNERGIES? POSSIBILITIES FOR NGO-state INTERACTIONS 6 WHERE FROM, WHERE AT, WHERE NEXT?

Editorial Reviews

‘For those interested in the political and organizational structures of international development from extension worker to politician, this book offers an insightful glimpse to the possible future.' - International Ag-Sieve

‘This is an important book.' - IRDCurrents

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