Serious questions remain about the ability of NGOs to meet long-term transformative goals
in their work for development and social justice. We investigate how, given their weak roots …

Many resource-strapped develo** country governments seek international aid, but when
that assistance is channeled through domestic civil society, it can threaten their political …

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the
conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the …

How do incumbents prevent the opposition from claiming credit for government programs?
The received scholarly wisdom is that central government authorities favor copartisans in …

How do NGOs affect political participation in weakly democratic settings? We know that
NGOs can be an important part of moderate civil society by building trust, facilitating …

Conventional international development project approaches to enable participation of the
excluded often fall short of building countervailing power, which is key for accountability …

Scholars have long been interested in the relationship between civil society and democracy.
Today, international donors promote civil society in develo** countries, and they explicitly …

Whether nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) undermine or build democratic linkages
between citizens and governments in develo** contexts is a long-standing debate. This …

This article studies the role of service providing NGOs in the Middle East in promoting
democracy. Challenging the assumption that service providing NGOs are apolitical, the …

How do nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) affect local politics in develo**
democracies? Specifically, do NGOs have systematic effects on the fortunes of incumbent …