In promoting a “New Policy Agenda,” bilateral and multilateral donor agencies are keen to
finance nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and grassroots organizations (GROs) on …

This review surveys current literature concerned with the growing numbers, changing
functions, and intensifying networks of nongovernmental organizations which have had …

This essay introduces and invites contributions to a new Journal of Peasant Studies Forum
on 'climate change and critical agrarian studies'. Climate change is inextricably entwined …

Menemukan ruh pembangunan yang memberdayakan tidaklah mudah. Reformasi di
Indonesia pada tahun 1998 telah memilih sistem desentralisasi. Otonomi daerah menjadi …

In the 1990s the concept of social capital—defined here as the norms and networks that
enable people to act collectively—enjoyed a remarkable rise to prominence across all the …

There is a growing 'energy democracy'(ED) movement which regards the transition to
renewable energy as an opportunity for socio-economic transformation, as well as …

The consolidation of democratic regimes requires the extension of political rights to the
entire citizenry, but this process does not necessarily follow from electoral competition. The …

Exploring the newly emerging field of the management of Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) working in developing countries, this informative book draws upon current research …

The growth of the building-block organizations of an autonomous civil society in an
authoritarian environment depends on the “political construction” of social capital. Social …

In this article we build on an accompanying critique of recent writings in international
biodiversity conservation (this issue). Many scholars and observers are calling for stricter …