LEADER 03728nam 2200601 450 001 9910793086903321 005 20230809224721.0 010 $a1-5017-1272-1 010 $a1-5017-1273-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501712739 035 $a(CKB)3710000001405678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4877969 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001804025 035 $a(OCoLC)961266907 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57147 035 $a(DLC) 2016049199 035 $a(DE-B1597)492944 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501712739 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4877969 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11398728 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1015319 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001405678 100 $a20170713h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe NGO game $epost-conflict peacebuilding in the Balkans and beyond /$fPatrice C. McMahon 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (221 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-5017-0924-0 311 $a1-5017-0923-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction Booms and Busts in Peacebuilding --$t1. Uncertain Times --$t2. Of Power and Promises --$t3. Bosnia: Much Ado about NGOs --$t4. Kosovo: Copy, Paste, and Delete --$tConclusion: The End of a Golden Era --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aIn most post-conflict countries nongovernmental organizations are everywhere, but their presence is misunderstood. In The NGO Game Patrice McMahon investigates the unintended outcomes of what she calls the NGO boom in Bosnia and Kosovo. Using her years of fieldwork and interviews, McMahon argues that when international actors try to rebuild and reconstruct post-conflict countries, they often rely on and look to NGOs. Although policymakers and scholars tend to accept and even celebrate NGO involvement in post-conflict and transitioning countries, they rarely examine why NGOs have become so popular, what NGOs do, or how they affect everyday life.After a conflict, international NGOs descend on a country, local NGOs pop up everywhere, and money and energy flow into strengthening the organizations. In time, the frenzy of activity slows, the internationals go home, local groups disappear from sight, and the NGO boom goes bust. Instead of peace and stability, the embrace of NGOs and the enthusiasm for international peacebuilding turns to disappointment, if not cynicism. For many in the Balkans and other post-conflict environments, NGOs are not an aid to building a lasting peace but are part of the problem because of the turmoil they foster during their life cycles in a given country. The NGO Game will be useful to practitioners and policymakers interested in improving peacebuilding, the role of NGOs in peace and development, and the sustainability of local initiatives in post-conflict countries. 606 $aPeace-building$zFormer Yugoslav republics 606 $aPostwar reconstruction$zFormer Yugoslav republics 606 $aNon-governmental organizations$xFormer Yugoslav republics 615 0$aPeace-building 615 0$aPostwar reconstruction 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations$xFormer Yugoslav republics. 676 $a327.1/7209497 700 $aMcMahon$b Patrice C.$0947590 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793086903321 996 $aThe NGO game$93813731 997 $aUNINA