The Role of Civic Organizations in the Provision of Social Services: Towards Synergy

Robinson, Mark; White, Gordon

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199242191.003.0005

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“…NGOs as external actors remain primarily accountable to their donors and their presence usually leads to a fragmentation of service provision as well as greater variation in the quality of services provided compared with the alternative of a strengthened governmental presence (Robinson and White 1997).…”

Section: Ngo Accountability Debatesmentioning

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Corporations and NGOs: When Accountability Leads to Co-optation

2011

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Interactions between corporations and nonprofits are on the rise, frequently driven by a corporate interest in establishing credentials for corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this article, we show how increasing demands for accountability directed at both businesses and NGOs can have the unintended effect of compromising the autonomy of nonprofits and fostering their co-optation. Greater scrutiny of NGO spending driven by self-appointed watchdogs of the nonprofit sector and a prevalence of strategic notions of CSR advanced by corporate actors weaken the ability of civil society actors to change the business practices of their partners in the commercial sector. To counter this trend, we argue that corporations should embrace a political notion of CSR and should actively encourage NGOs to strengthen ''downward accountability'' mechanisms, even if this creates more tensions in corporate-NGO partnerships. Rather than seeing NGOs as tools in a competition for a comparative advantage in the market place, corporations should actively support NGO independence and critical capacity.

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Section: Ngo Accountability Debatesmentioning

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Corporations and NGOs: When Accountability Leads to Co-optation

2011

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“…Realidad y Reflexión año 15, n° 41, San SalvadoR, el SalvadoR, CentRoaméRiCa ReviSta SemeStRal eneRo-Junio 2015 necesarios para la operación de las OSC dentro de los países desarrollados y en vías de transición. Es decir, que el principal motivo por el cual los donantes han apoyado a las OSC, es por la toma de conciencia sobre la carencia de sociedad civil fuerte (Clayton et al, 2000); una sociedad civil fortalecida permite demandar una mayor democracia y transparencia en las acciones gubernamentales (Robinson et al, 1997), en donde los ciudadanos tienden a exigir una mayor participación en la decisiones a corto, mediano y largo plazo.…”

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Capital social, sinergia, impacto social y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil

Álvarez¹

2016

Realidad y Reflexión

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<p class="Default">En la actualidad no es posible hablar de un criterio unificado en lo que a capital social, sinergia, y la medición de impactos sociales se refiere; más bien, la conceptualización y la identificación de las variables de interés dentro de un estudio para la valoración de los impactos generados, a través de proyectos de coinversión social, dependerá de las características del estudio (micro, meso, macro) y del objetivo-meta que se trace.</p><p>Realidad y Reflexión Año 15, N° 41, 2015</p>

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“…Civic self-help associational activity all over the world is reflected in private voluntary organisations whose activities pursue public objectives outside the realm of the state (Robinson and White, 1997). Robinson and White point to three sets of pressures that have led to global growth in civic activity: escaping political oppression; external assistance that has boosted the resources available to grassroots organisations; and governments' privatisation of public services, thereby increasing the role of churches and non-governmental associations in national development programmes.…”

Section: Civic Self-help Governance In South Africamentioning

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Business and Climate Change Governance

Börzel¹,

Hamann²

2013

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The Role of Civic Organizations in the Provision of Social Services: Towards Synergy

Cited by 31 publications

References 34 publications

Corporations and NGOs: When Accountability Leads to Co-optation

Corporations and NGOs: When Accountability Leads to Co-optation

Capital social, sinergia, impacto social y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil

Business and Climate Change Governance

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