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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960789403321

Autore

Matthews Sally

Titolo

NGOs and social justice in South Africa and beyond / / edited by Sally Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa : , : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

9781869143282

9781869143299

1869143299

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 190 pages)

Collana

Thinking Africa Series

Disciplina

341.2

Soggetti

Non-governmental organizations - South Africa

Social justice - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I  Thinking NGOs, Emancipation  and Social Justice -- Chapter 1 Can NGOs Play an Emancipatory Role in  Contemporary Africa? -- Chapter 2 Naviga ting the Pitfalls of State Democracy -- Chapter 3 Black Liberation and the Notion of 'Social Justice'  in South Africa -- Part II  NGOs in Practice -- Chapter 4 'We Give Off a Lot of Heat Bu t Not a Lot of Light' -- Chapter 5 Exploring the Relationship Between Service  Delivery and Advocacy -- Chapter 6 Thinking Through the Role of NGOs  in South Africa -- Chapter 7 The Obscure An atomy of the NGO Sector -- Chapter 8 Infiltration an d Instigation -- Part III  Conversations -- Chapter 9  NGOs -- Chapter 10 C ollaboration and Co-option -- Chapter 11  There Is No 'Outside the Law' -- Conclusion -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are regarded by many as vital role players in improving the lives of the poor and bringing about social justice. This book includes contributions from NGO workers, academics and social movement activists in order to provide varying perspectives on what possible role NGOs can rightly play in popular struggles.



Consequently, the book does not have a single message about what role NGOs ought to play in struggles for social justice, but rather invites careful reflection and critical discussion on their role both in South Africa and further afield.