{"product_id":"theorizing-ngos-9780822355656","title":"Theorizing NGOs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how the rise of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has transformed the conditions of women's lives and of feminist organizing. This book brings together feminist research on NGOs from various perspectives and disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTheorizing NGOs\u003c\/i\u003e offers timely and insightful perspectives on the intersection between NGOs, women’s experiences of NGOs and feminism across the world. Bringing together scholarly writings on women’s experiences with NGOs from different parts of the globe is definitely one of the highlights of the volume. . . . This volume is a must read for anyone interested in gender and development, and in the anthropology of the state.” -- Lipika Kamra * Social Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\"In representing more than a decade of energetic discussion and debate, this collection provides fantastic evidence of the dynamism and creativity of feminist activism in all of its forms.... It is a welcome and valuable contribution.\" -- Miranda Joseph * Women's Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The NGO Form: Feminist Struggles, States, and Neoliberalism \/ Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. NGOs Beyond Success or Failure 19\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Movementization of NGOs? Women's Organizing in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina \/ Elissa Helms 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Failed Development and Rural Revolution in Nepal: Rethinking Subaltern Consciousness and Women's Empowerment \/ Lauren Leve 50\u003cbr\u003e 3. The State and Women's Empowerment in India Paradoxes and Politics \/ Aradhana Sharma 93\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Postcolonial Neoliberalisms and the NGO Form 115\u003cbr\u003e 4. Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Defining Violence against Women in Russia \/ Julie Hemment 119\u003cbr\u003e 5. Resolving a Gendered Paradox: Women's Participation and the NGO Boom in North India \/ Kathleen O'Reilly 143\u003cbr\u003e 6. Power and Difference in Thai Women's NGO Activism \/ LeeRay M. Costa 166\u003cbr\u003e 7. Demystifying Microcredit: The Grameen Bank, NGOs, and Neoliberalism in Bangladesh \/ Lamia Karim 193\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Feminist Social Movements and NGOs 219\u003cbr\u003e 8. Feminist Bastards: Toward a Posthumanist Critique of NGOization \/ Saida Hodzic 221\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lived Feminism(s) in Postcommunist Romania \/ Laura Grünberg 248\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women's Advocacy Networks: The European Union, Women's NGOs, and the Velvet Triangle \/ Sabine Lange 266\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beyond NGOization? Relrections from Latin America \/ Sonia E. Alvarez 285\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Feminisms and the NGO Form \/ Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal 301\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 311\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 353\u003cbr\u003e Index 357","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866012463447,"sku":"9780822355656","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822355656.jpg?v=1722276619","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theorizing-ngos-9780822355656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}