The State & NGOs : : Perspective from Asia / / ed. by Shinichi Shigetomi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Arai, Etsuyo,; Isozaki, Noriyo,; Kaneko, Yoshiki,; Kawanaka, Takeshi,; Mochizuki, Katsuya,; Nejima, Susumu,; Nobusue, Ken’ich,; Otsuka, Kenji,; Sakai, Yumiko,; Sato, Hiroshi,; Sawada, Yukari,; Shigetomi, Shinichi,; Suzuki, Chizuko,; Tanaka, Yayoi,; Terao, Tadayoshi,
• HerausgeberIn: Shigetomi, Shinichi,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 p.)

There is already much literature on the significance of NGOs in the development process. However, there has been little discussion on why the NGOs take on different forms in different countries. This volume examines the state-NGO relationships in fifteen countries. It is not, however, a pot-pourri o...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• About the Contributors
• Preface
• 1 The State and NGOs Issues and Analytical Framework
• 2 Bangladesh A Large NGO Sector Supported by Foreign Donors
• 3 India NGOs: Intermediary Agents or Institutional Reformers?
• 4 Sri Lanka Community Consultants in an Underdeveloped Welfare State
• 5 Pakistan Regulations and Potentiality in a Fragmented Society
• 6 The Philippines From Agents to Political Actors
• 7 Thailand A Crossing of Critical Parallel Relationships
• 8 Vietnam Control of NGOs by NGOs
• 9 Indonesia Flexible NGOs vs Inconsistent State Control
• 10 Malaysia Dual Structure in the State–NGO Relationship
• 11 Singapore Subtle NGO Control by a Developmentalist Welfare State
• 12 China Social Restructuring and the Emergence of NGOs
• 13 Hong Kong Uneasiness among Administrative Agents
• 14 Taiwan From Subjects of Oppression to the Instruments of “Taiwanization”
• 15 South Korea Advocacy for Democratization
• 16 Japan From Activist Groups to Management Organizations
• Index