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Following international interventions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq, NGOs have played a central role in delivering humanitarian relief, encouraging participation in new systems of government and advocating on behalf of marginalised groups. Though intervening agencies have framed such autonomous organisations as unquestionably virtuous, increasingly scholars have questioned the agency of NGOs, pointing to the constraining effects of funding and regulatory mechanisms. This paper contributes to this work through a detailed examination of legislation requiring NGOs to register with nascent state institutions. Drawing on case study material from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq, we argue that NGO registration should not be dismissed as a technical or legal matter, but rather embraced as a significant political practice embedded in relations of power. Our empirical evidence suggests that rather than viewing NGO-state relations as two ‘sides’ of a binary power relation, the empirical reality suggests a more ‘networked’ model of conflict and collusion.
Author(s): Bolton M, Jeffrey A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Disasters
Year: 2008
Volume: 32
Issue: 4
Pages: 586-608
ISSN (print): 0361-3666
ISSN (electronic): 1467-7717
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01056.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2008.01056.x
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