[2072] in peace2
India, NGOs, and Development
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Payal Parekh)
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:56:42 -0500 (EST)
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The South Asia Forum at MIT
Are NGOs Good for Development?
Sangeeta Kamat
Assistant Professor, International Education, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst and author of Development Hegemony: NGOs and the State in India,
Oxford University Press (2002).
November 21, 2002 7:00PM
Room 2-174, MIT
NGOs in India are part of a vibrant democratic tradition, independent of
the state and its ideology of development. In her new book, Sangeeta Kamat
takes a fresh look at this traditional 'autonomous politics' and develops
a
complex portrayal of how the official discourse of development is
consolidated at the local level, undermining the potential for alternative
definitions of development at the grassroots. Characterizing the trends as
the 'NGO-ization' of grassroots politics, Kamat explains the basis for the
current popularity of NGOs in the international sphere, especially in the
context of neoliberalism.
This book is a unique contribution to the debate on the role of grassroots
NGOs within the current context of globalization. Although based in India,
it has wide relevance for scholars, policy makers and activists interested
in the future of democratic development all over the world.
For more information email: asur@mit.edu
co-sponsored by The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
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