Includes bibliographical references and index.

Saving biodiversity, for whom and for what? : conservation NGOs, complicity, colonialism and conquest in an era of capitalist globalization / Aziz Choudry -- Social action and NGOization in contexts of development dispossession in rural India : explorations into the un-civility of civil society / Dip Kapoor -- NGOs, indigenous peoples and the United Nations / Sharon H. Venne -- From radical movement to conservative NGO and back again? : a case study of the democratic left front in South Africa / Luke Sinwell -- Philippine NGOs : defusing dissent, spurring change / Sonny Africa -- Disaster relief, NGO-led humanitarianism and the reconfiguration of spatial relations in Tamil Nadu / Raja Swamy -- Seven theses on neobalkanism and NGOization in transitional Serbia / Tamara Vukov -- Peace-building and violence against women : tracking the ruling relations of aid in a women's development NGO in Kyrgyzstan / Elena Kim and Marie Campbell -- Alignment and autonomy : food systems in Canada / Brewster Kneen.

"NGOization--the professionalization and institutionalization of social action--has long been a hotly contested issue in grassroots social movements and communities of resistance. This book pulls together for the first time unique perspectives of social struggles and critical scholarship from a wide range of geographical and political contexts to offer insights into the tensions and challenges of the NGO model, while considering the feasibility of alternatives."--Page [4] of cover.