Development-Oriented Non-Governmental Organizations and the Capitalist Crisis

Authors

  • Joana A Coutinho Professora do Departamento de Sociologia e Antropologia da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, co-coordenadora do Observatório de Políticas Públicas e Lutas Sociais desta mesma Universidade e pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos de Ideologias e Lutas Sociais – NEILS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i23.18937

Keywords:

Non-governmental organizations. Class struggle. The state.

Abstract

This paper discusses NGO behavior in a context of crisis. We develop the idea that NGOs as a phenomenon played a fundamental role in the implantation of neoliberal policies, frequently acting, knowingly or unknowingly as “arms” of US and European imperialism. The question is – with the defeat of neoliberal policies, an initiative embraced by these organizations as partners of the State as part of the logic of “less State, more Civil Society” – what are the alternatives and development projects available for dealing with the crisis, given that the discourse of “sustainable and local development” defended by these organizations has been called into question?

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Published

2009-12-20

How to Cite

Coutinho, J. A. (2009). Development-Oriented Non-Governmental Organizations and the Capitalist Crisis. Lutas Sociais, (23), 94–112. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v0i23.18937

Issue

No. 23 (2009): Articles by Journalist Karl Marx on the crisis of 1857-1858

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