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The NGO game : post-conflict peacebuilding in the Balkans and beyond by Patrice C. McMahon is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The NGO game : post-conflict peacebuilding in the Balkans and beyond about?
In most post-conflict countries nongovernmental organizations are everywhere, but their presence is misunderstood. This book investigates the unintended outcomes of what it calls the NGO boom in Bosnia and Kosovo. The book argues that when international actors try to rebuild and reconstruct post-conflict countries, they often rely on and look to NGOs. Although policymakers and scholars tend to accept and even celebrate NGO involvement in post-conflict and transitioning countries, they rarely examine why NGOs have become so popular, what NGOs do, or how they affect everyday life. After a conflict, international NGOs descend on a country, local NGOs pop up everywhere, and money and energy flow into strengthening the organizations. In time, the frenzy of activity slows, the internationals go home, local groups disappear from sight, and the NGO boom goes bust. Instead of peace and stability, the embrace of NGOs and the enthusiasm for international peacebuilding turns to disappointment, if not cynicism. For many in the Balkans and other post-conflict environments, NGOs are not an aid to building a lasting peace but are part of the problem because of the turmoil they foster during their
Who reads The NGO game : post-conflict peacebuilding in the Balkans and beyond?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Patrice C. McMahon
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501709234
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, Social_sciences