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Author Richard, Analiese, author.

Title The unsettled sector : NGOs and the cultivation of democratic citizenship in rural Mexico / Analiese Richard
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations
Contents Developing rural citizens : old and new liberalisms -- The birth of Tulancingo's "third sector" -- Withered milpas : rural development after neoliberalism -- Mediating dilemmas : compromising NGO work -- "Bridges of love" : building North-South NGO networks
Summary In late twentieth century Mexico, the NGO'boom'was hailed as an harbinger of social change and democratic transition, with NGOs poised to transform the relationship between states and civil society on a global scale. And yet, great as the expectations were for NGOs to empower the poor and disenfranchised, their work is rooted in much older civic and cultural traditions. Arguably, they are just as much an accomplice in neoliberal governance. Analiese Richard seeks to determine what the growth of NGOs means for the future of citizenship and activism in neoliberal democracies, where a widening chasm between rich and poor threatens democratic ideals and institutions. Analyzing the growth of NGOs in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, from the 1970s to the present, The Unsettled Sector explores the NGOs'evolving network of relationships with donors, target communities, international partners, state agencies, and political actors. It reaches beyond the campesinos and farmlands of Tulancingo to make sense of the NGO as an institutional form. Richard argues that only if we see NGOs as they are--bridges between formal politics and public morality--can we understand the opportunities and limits for social solidarity and citizenship in an era of neoliberal retrenchment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Non-governmental organizations -- Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
Democracy -- Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
Neoliberalism -- Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
Citizenship -- Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
Rural development -- Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Citizenship
Democracy
Neoliberalism
Non-governmental organizations
Rural conditions
Rural development
SUBJECT Hidalgo (Mexico : State) -- Rural conditions
Subject Mexico -- Hidalgo (State)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780804799195
0804799199