A village and its NGOs : : co-constructing NGO presence in rural Malawi / / by Thomas McNamara.

In rural Northern Malawi, villagers co-construct meanings for NGOs' projects and resources. NGOs and their staff are invoked within, yet simultaneously influence, intra-community debates. This book explores NGO presence through detailing relationships, personhoods and social changes within a ru...

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Superior document:African social studies series ; Volume 45
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:African social studies series ; Volume 45.
Physical Description:1 online resource (175 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Thomas McNamara
  • Copyright page / Thomas McNamara
  • Acknowledgements / Thomas McNamara
  • Introduction / Thomas McNamara
  • Part 1 The Moral Economy of 'Becoming Developed' / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 1 Dependent Development in Vsawa and Malawi / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 2 Moral Economies of Patronage, Inequality and Development / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 3 The Schooled and the Educated in Vsawa's Moral Economy / Thomas McNamara
  • Part 2 The Intra-Village Brokerage of Development Projects / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 4 Village Headmen and the Dyad between Development and Traditional Rule / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 5 NGO Staff, Culturalist Projects and the Developer-Beneficiary Dichotomy / Thomas McNamara
  • Chapter 6 Volunteers' Labour and the Creation of Stable Development Discourse / Thomas McNamara
  • Conclusion / Thomas McNamara
  • References / Thomas McNamara
  • Index / Thomas McNamara.