This book provides an in-depth look at the realities of development and development work in the South Indian state of Tamilnadu. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Moen Mathiot detailed the conditions of poverty facing rural, landless agricultural workers and the social, economic, and political contexts of development. Within these contexts, women and men in grassroots nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) struggle to assist the landless poor. At the same time, these development workers confront their own problems of family pressures, inadequate training, and insufficient resources to carry on their work. Moen Mathiot's book enables us to tap into the mindsets of grassroots development workers--their analysis of the problems, the strategies of change, and the obstacles that prevent them from accomplishing more. As NGOs are utilized to implement more and more development programs, understanding the realities of these workers becomes essential for both scholars and practitioners in the development studies field.

In recent years scholars have paid increasing attention to the role of women in development and to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as effective vehicles for change. Although there are a great many published studies dealing with each of these subjects separately there are few on NGOs and their work with women. Studies that combine a theoreti

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INTRODUCTION, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARTNERSHIP AMONG GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION, APPROACHES AND STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, ASSESSMENT OF GRASSROOTS PARTNERSHIP, BEST PRACTICES OF GRASSROOTS PARTNERSHIP, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS.

Extrait de la couverture : " Based on empirical evidence from first-hand interactions with 20 Indian women founders of NGOs, this book presents a theoretical understanding of the role and impact of NGOs in women's development. It looks at what motivates and facilitates female entrepreneurship in NGOs, the structures that evolve based on their feminist ideologies, the services they provide and the social impact of these NGOs in promoting the empowerment of women."

This new textbook provides an introduction to human rights in international relations at the turn of the Twenty-First Century. The book examines the policy-making process that establishes and tries to apply human rights norms through the UN, regional organizations, state foreign policy, human rights groups, and transnational corporations. It documents the many changes in international human rights during the past half-century, and considers the future of universal human rights. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of human rights, and their teachers.

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000’s, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. The key findings focus on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an important part of the empowerment being realised. The notion of community empowerment, in which the ‘solidarity’ of a group can be a path to individual empowerment, is discussed, as well as analysing how empowerment can be a useful concept in development. Based on case studies of 15 NGOs as well as in-depth interviews with 80 women’s self-help groups, the book highlights the key features of effective empowerment programs. The author uses innovative statistical analysis tools to show how a key factor in empowerment of marginalised women is the accountability relationship between themselves and the supporting NGO. The book goes on to discuss the ways that NGOs can work with communities in the future, and recognises the limitations of a donor-centric accountability framework. It provides a useful contribution to studies on South Asia as well as Gender and Development Studies.

Improving the health and living conditions of rural people in developing countries and building their income earning capacity for a dignified life of self- reliance are the central concern of governments. The effort calls for enormous resources and expertise affording enough opportunity for the emergence of the voluntary sector, comprising non-government organizations, to bring in funds, expertise and commitment. Increasing role of the sector has also thrown up many issues and challenges concerning its usefulness. The book, based on an in-depth study of select NGOs in South India, covers several aspects survey of the sectors role, relevance of marketing practices for social development, accountability issues, importance of relationships with stakeholders, performance measurement complexities, policy environment, success and failure cases and models. The Annex contains two practical tools - social marketing model of practices and a Rating Guide for NGOs. From specific experiences lessons are drawn for strengthening the sector so that it could contribute to development to the fullness of its potential. The book may be of practical use to NGOs, especially the smaller ones operating closer to communities and to policy makers, funding agencies and students of marketing. . a timely focus on the issues and challenges presently confronted by the Voluntary Sector in developing countries. Critical issues addressed with remarkable clarity and directness. .. commend it to NGOs, policy makers and funding agencies .. Jos V. Machado Former FAO Senior Officer and Regional Officer for Africa With meticulous research and convincing examples the author urges the NGO sector to employ social marketing practices to enhance the impact of rural development programs. She has highlighted critical issues that the sector has to resolve to prove worthy of its role in developing economies. The book is most timely. T S Nagarajan Retired Managing Director, Brooke Bond India Ltd.

This book offers a critical insight into how the study of NGOs can be more theoretically grounded and methodologically creative. The role of NGOs in global development has been the focus of considerable research and scholarship for the last four decades. More recently, scholars and NGO practitioners have begun to explore their relationships and how research can better inform practice and vice versa. This book addresses questions arising from such research, including: how different theoretical perspectives can be applied to the study of NGOs; what kinds of data can be used when trying to better understand NGOs; and what methods can be used in studying NGOs. Rather than evaluating the impact of NGO work, this is a book about how researchers and practitioners can better understand what NGOs do and how they operate. Bringing together work from a range of NGO researchers working across diverse disciplines and at varied stages of their academic careers, the collection is supported by recent case studies in the field as well as ‘dilemma boxes’ and discussion questions in every chapter. As such, Researching Development NGOs is an essential resource for postgraduate students of Research Methods in Development Studies, NGOs and Development Management as well as practitioners wanting to find out more about the sector.