The Politics of Development Co-operation: NGOs, Gender and Partnership in KenyaRoutledge, 2002 M11 1 - 256 pages First Published in 2004. The Politics of Development Cooperation interrogates the politics of interorganizational development cooperation, examining issues of power, autonomy, and dependence. Focusing on Kenya and in particular on Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (MYWO), the largest national women’s organization, and its partners in its relational environment, this book probes the relationships between foreign donors, grassroots development organizations and governments. Aubrey examines whether it is possible for the North and the developing world to be engaged in genuine development partnerships, the influence resource contributions, financial and technical, have on agenda formulation and compromises, and whether organizations such as MYWO are truly NGOs, as they claim to be, or whether they remain an extension of the state exploited by patriarchal party politics. Gender is central to the analysis of this book, with issues reflecting and reintroducing the politics of unequal resources in development cooperative partnerships. Differences in status among women are also systematically examined because the politics of development affect elite and grassroots women differently. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BRIDGING LITERATURE GAPS FRAMING THE PROBLEM OF THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION | 9 |
THE EVOLUTION OF MYWO FROM 1952 TO 1992 | 45 |
A CHANGING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AMID POLITICAL VOLATILITY ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND A CULTURE OF F... | 89 |
RESEARCH FINDINGS A BARRAGE OF CONTRADICTIONS | 108 |
THE WEB OF DECEIT GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT CAUGHT? | 143 |
Hypotheses | 169 |
Subhypotheses | 170 |
Key variables and their definitions | 172 |
Survey instrument lists of openended questions | 175 |
Foreign donors | 179 |
Kenyan government ministries | 183 |
Notes | 185 |
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