Chapter 8. Feminist Bastards: Toward a Posthumanist Critique of NGOization

Hodžić, Saida

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“…The accounting and accountability processes of NGO‐ization are seen as co‐opting feminism within the regimens of business imperatives thus weakening feminist critique and activism. These imperatives and, in particular, their instrumentalist and reductive modes of accounting for what might constitute gender justice are seen as inadequate in capturing the complexity and difficulty of destabilizing patriarchal structures and practices (Hodžić, 2014). Comparable concerns are evident for progressive NGOs working in other activist spaces.…”

Section: Accountability and The Ngo Sector: Issues Of Feminist Activismmentioning

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“…Rather than critiquing the institutional form of NGOs, these scholars argue the significance of examining how feminist politics play out in these organizations within the broader socio‐political dynamics within which NGOs are situated. A key focus here is examining the extent to which feminist goals are enabled and constrained by these dynamics amid the different forms of accountability NGOs are subject to (Hodžić, 2014; Ismail & Kamat, 2018; Prügl, 2015).…”

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NGOs working for gender justice with boys and men: Exploring challenges of accountability

Keddie

2021

Gender Work & Organization

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The gender politics of the present moment are challenging for NGOs working for gender justice with boys and men especially in terms of navigating the different forms of accountability their work is subject to. This paper explores these challenges through concerns expressed by a small group of NGO leaders about issues of accountability. These concerns are theorized within a three-part model where accountability is conceptualized as (1) imposed, (2) felt, and(3) adaptive. The insights from the leaders highlight particular tensions within and between these different forms of accountability for NGOs working in the space of gender justice and, in particular, how these tensions can support and compromise feminist goals. Amid renewed public commitment to gender justice and greater attention and funding in this space for NGOs working with boys and men, ongoing critical examination of these tensions of accountability is imperative. K E Y W O R D Saccountability, gender justice, masculinities, NGOs | ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE NGO SECTOR: ISSUES OF FEMINIST ACTIVISMThe global impact of feminist movements such as #MeToo has led to a renewed public commitment to addressing issues of gender injustice. In contexts such as the USA, this renewed commitment has led to a rise in support for organizations working for gender justice with boys and men. The broader gender politics encompassing this space are challenging for such organizations especially in terms of navigating the different forms of accountability their work is subject to. This paper explores some of these challenges through concerns expressed by a small group of NGO leaders.

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NGOs working for gender justice with boys and men: Exploring challenges of accountability

Keddie

2021

Gender Work & Organization

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“…The critical approach to the study of NGOs employed in this article has roots in transnational feminist analyses of social movements that formed in a variety of national and particularly postcolonial contexts. In the mid‐ to late‐1990s, transnational and women‐of‐color feminists began to address what they referred to as the “NGOization” of women's social movements, especially in the Global South (Alvarez, 1999; Bernal & Grewal, 2014; Hodžić, 2014). The term “NGOization” not only signified the massive proliferation of NGOs but also foregrounded “national and global neoliberalism's active promotion and official sanctioning of particular organizational forms and practices among feminist organizations and other sectors of civil society” (Alvarez, 2014, 287).…”

Section: Neoliberalism Social Movements and Ngos: “Ngoization” Andmentioning

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“…Evaluations of NGOization underscored the ways in which it restricted and shaped the scope of women's organizing in various contexts. Scholars and activists pointed to specific factors, including the increased bureaucratization and professionalization of social movements, the relationship between NGOs and western ideologies and practices of development, and especially the depoliticizing effects of the institutionalization of women‐centered social movements in postcolonial contexts (Alvarez, 2014; Hodžić, 2014).…”

Section: Neoliberalism Social Movements and Ngos: “Ngoization” Andmentioning

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Rethinking nongovernmental organizations: Neoliberalism, “nonstate” actors, and the politics of recognition in the United States

Carrington

2020

Law & Policy

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This article builds on and contributes to the scholarship on social movements and the law by revealing the critical function of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in law and policy in neoliberal times. Building on frame theories in social movement literature, this essay uses the lens of NGO-produced advocacy for binational same-sex couples to consider more broadly the relationship between individual experience, subjectivity, and the discourses and practices employed by NGO actors. It offers an analysis of both how NGOs developed and utilized particular messaging strategies and rhetorical frames to discursively produce a normative image of their constituency, and how constituents navigated and made use of the framing strategies developed by NGOs in their own claims to state rights and recognition. This discussion thus highlights the potentials and the problematics of the NGO model in social movements' efforts toward legal and political change. 1 | INTRODUCTION The nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector in the United States is a complex and frequently misunderstood set of institutions and processes. NGOs take multiple forms and engage in a variety of diverse activities, but the term is generally used to describe "nonstate organizations that are distinct from for-profit business" (Lewis & Schuller, 2017, 635). In practice, the NGO sector has much more complex and intimate relationships with state power and the forprofit financial sector than this characterization implies (Beam, 2016; Bernal & Grewal, 2014; Lewis & Schuller, 2017). Furthermore, NGOs often also operate as social movement organizations, providing important social and legal services and leading advocacy efforts for marginalized populations. For this reason, the NGO sector has been a significant site for the development and implementation of social justice efforts for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Queer (LGBTQ)-persons and communities in the United States.

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“…Anthropologists continue to study NGOs from various perspectives. 'NGO-ization' or the appropriation of social movements by NGOs (Alvarez 1999;Choudry and Kapoor 2013;Hodžić 2014;Lang 2004), the political economy and neoliberalisation of NGOs (Bernal and Grewal 2014), and the ways in which these organizations can perpetuate and further entrench the state and its violence have been subjects of critique (Reinke 2016). Recent anthropological scholarship on NGOs recognizes the multifaceted and dynamic challenges of defining these organizations, their complex relationships to the state, and our own analytical and methodological power and reflexivity as we work collaboratively in these spaces (Bernal and Grewal 2014;Fisher 1997;Lewis and Schuller 2017;Mertz and Timmer 2010).…”

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NGO-Research Collaborations and Conflicts

Reinke¹

2019

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Ethnographers collaborating with NGOs and non-profits while simultaneously researching their organizational structure, practices, and beliefs about service, advocacy, and activism face myriad challenges. However, collaboration – as it exists in a dialectical relationship between stakeholders working towards common goals – may also generate ethnographic insights that add to anthropological knowledge of NGOs. According to Lassiter (2005a, 2005b), researchers undertaking collaborative ethnography have four commitments: (1) ethical responsibilities to stakeholders; (2) honesty/transparency about research; (3) accessible writing; and (4) collaborative reading, writing, and interpretation. Collaborations may be interrupted at various points, but especially where bureaucratic structures and operations intervene. For example, agreements and documentation (e.g., memoranda of understanding, or MOUs) often challenge the interests and affect of collaborative work. In this article I draw on five years of collaborative NGOgraphy, Lassiter’s conceptualization of collaborative ethnography, and respond to Hymes’ (1972) call for a personal ethnography, in order to discuss the challenges and opportunities of NGO-researcher collaboration.

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Chapter 8. Feminist Bastards: Toward a Posthumanist Critique of NGOization

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NGOs working for gender justice with boys and men: Exploring challenges of accountability

NGOs working for gender justice with boys and men: Exploring challenges of accountability

Rethinking nongovernmental organizations: Neoliberalism, “nonstate” actors, and the politics of recognition in the United States

NGO-Research Collaborations and Conflicts

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