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NGOs, Civil Society and Social Reconstruction in Contemporary India

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  • Biswajit Ghosh

    (Professor of Sociology,University of Burdwan (India). [email: bghoshbu@gmail.com])

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The decline or retreat of the state as well as the triumph of the market today is accompanied by increasing attention to Civil Society Organizations. There is a newfound expectation that NGOs or the ‘third’ sector is better placed as compared to the other stakeholders to provide leadership for social reconstruction in the developing world in particular. This article seeks to critically review the role of the NGO sector in India using empirical evidences collected from secondary sources. It argues that NGOs are not an alternative to the state and the public sector. NGO-ization is also neither a means to correct market failures. In spite of the relevance of this sector, we need to look for other viable alternatives.

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  • Biswajit Ghosh, 2009. "NGOs, Civil Society and Social Reconstruction in Contemporary India," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 25(2), pages 229-252, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:25:y:2009:i:2:p:229-252
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0902500205
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    1. Latif, Khawaja Fawad & Williams, Nigel, 2017. "Team effectiveness in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) projects," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 20-32.

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