The Politics of Localization: From Depoliticizing Development to Politicizing Democracy

Consenting to ‘Heaven’: The Millennium Development Goals, Neo-liberal Governance and Global Civil Society in Malawi

“…In an African context, Kasfir (1998), Tembo (2003, and Mohan and Stokke (2007) have all challenged these rather benign and liberal interpretations of global civil society, and drawn attention to how donor civil society programmes and international NGO support can often be harmful to indigenous democratic formations. Harrison (2004) has also noted how the proliferation of NGO networks in these countries has been implicitly tied into post-conditionality forms of donor control which focus on 'governance' reform, i.e.…”

Political geography in Norway: Current state and future prospects

“…The unifying thread in these studies is the interplay between democratic political spaces and civil society activism. In terms of spatiality, these studies highlight the mutuality between geoeconomic and/or geopolitical scalar and spatial relations and places as relational settings for political practices (Mohan & Stokke 2008).…”

United Against HIV/AIDS? Politics Of Local Governance In HIV/AIDS Treatment In Lusikisiki, South Africa

“…19 The common point of departure for studies of local governance is the enabling role of institutional reforms towards the establishment of decentralised service delivery and local participation. 20 Decentralisation of decision-making and implementation to lower levels of government is portrayed as a way of increasing both efficiency and accountability by way of civil society participation. 21 Under the influence of this new hegemony in development thinking, numerous governments have adopted decentralisation and local governance as a prime approach to development.…”