ENGLISH

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

By Nik Barry-Shaw , Yves Engler , Dru Oja Jay

Book information

Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Year
2012
ISBN
155266399X, 9781552663998
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7102073 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
128\322
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-06-30 22:19:14

Description

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?

Similar books