NGOs and Civil Society
Contents: Preface. 1. Role of NGOs. 2. Dimensions of NGO sustainability. 3. NGOs and civil society. 4. Credibility among NGOs. 5. The role of NGOs in the age of a democratic civil society. 6. Responses to globalization: the role of civil society. 7. History of the UN\'s relationship with civil society and NGOs. 8. The rise and fall of transnational civil society. 9. Strategic partnership with NGOs to corporate social responsibility. 10. NGO dialogue on rural development cooperation. 11. NGO public relations: media and advocacy. 12. Civil society and representative government. 13. Challenges before NGOs in future. 14. The context for the development of social welfare NGOs. Bibliography. Index.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly important in the field of development. NGOs are a very important link between people at the grassroots, civil society and the state. They are diverse both in terms of organisational form, structure and culture and in terms of the issues they cover. Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state (regardless of that state\'s political system) and the commercial institutions of the market. Together, state, market and civil society constitute the entirely of a society, and the relations between these three components determine the character of a society and its structure. This book reliable one stop reference on all issues pertaining to NGOs and civil society. (jacket)
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly important in the field of development. NGOs are a very important link between people at the grassroots, civil society and the state. They are diverse both in terms of organisational form, structure and culture and in terms of the issues they cover. Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state (regardless of that state\'s political system) and the commercial institutions of the market. Together, state, market and civil society constitute the entirely of a society, and the relations between these three components determine the character of a society and its structure. This book reliable one stop reference on all issues pertaining to NGOs and civil society. (jacket)
