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‘What Exactly Are We a Part of Now?’ Norwegian NGOs’ Engagement with State Governmentality
Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2019-03-18 , DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2019.1593240
Sverre Ofstad 1 , Andrei Marin 1
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Abstract Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have risen to the forefront of the development sector. Yet, for a group of development actors that are explicitly non-governmental, it is conspicuous that their rise to prominence owes itself to state funding. This conundrum has spurred a debate about whether NGOs represent the poor and marginalized, or the states that funds them. This debate is highly topical today as donor states increasingly conflate development policy with other policy fields, a process often referred to as ‘the new humanitarianism’. Here, we contribute to this debate by exploring the relationship between Norwegian humanitarian NGOs and the Norwegian state. Through semi-structured interviews with 10 Norwegian NGOs, we investigated how the state and NGOs influence each other. By using a Foucauldian approach to the study of governance, we find that the state shapes NGOs by orienting their activities towards professionalism and quantifiable targets. NGOs, however, are not passive, but continuously try to mold the structures of their relationship with the state in a plethora of ways. Nonetheless, the new humanitarianism is inserting a new rationality into the Norwegian aid system, where NGOs reorient their activities to achieve security and foreign policy objectives. As a result, many Norwegian NGO workers find their activities compromised. The new humanitarianism, with its potential for a holistic approach to development, has instead undermined the practices of Norwegian NGOs.

中文翻译:

“我们究竟是现在的一部分?” 挪威非政府组织对国家政府的参与

摘要非政府组织(NGOs)已上升到发展部门的最前沿。然而,对于一群显然是非政府的发展行为体,显而易见的是,它们的显赫地位归功于国家的资助。这个难题引发了关于非政府组织是穷人和边缘人,还是为他们提供资金的国家的辩论。今天,随着捐助国越来越多地将发展政策与其他政策领域混为一谈,这一辩论成为热门话题,这一过程通常被称为“新人道主义”。在这里,我们通过探讨挪威人道主义非政府组织与挪威国家之间的关系,为这场辩论做出了贡献。通过对10个挪威非政府组织的半结构化访谈,我们研究了国家与非政府组织如何相互影响。通过使用福柯式的方法研究治理,我们发现国家通过将非政府组织的活动定位于专业化和可量化的目标来塑造它们。但是,非政府组织不是被动的,而是不断尝试以多种方式塑造其与国家关系的结构。然而,新的人道主义正在将新的合理性插入挪威的援助体系,在该体系中,非政府组织重新调整其活动方向,以实现安全和外交政策目标。结果,许多挪威非政府组织的工人发现他们的活动受到了损害。有可能采取整体发展方针的新人道主义主义反而破坏了挪威非政府组织的做法。不是消极的,而是不断尝试以多种方式塑造它们与国家关系的结构。然而,新的人道主义正在将新的合理性插入挪威的援助体系,在该体系中,非政府组织重新调整其活动方向,以实现安全和外交政策目标。结果,许多挪威非政府组织的工人发现他们的活动受到了损害。有可能采取整体发展方针的新人道主义主义反而破坏了挪威非政府组织的做法。不是消极的,而是不断尝试以多种方式塑造它们与国家关系的结构。然而,新的人道主义正在将新的合理性插入挪威的援助体系,在该体系中,非政府组织重新调整其活动方向,以实现安全和外交政策目标。结果,许多挪威非政府组织的工人发现他们的活动受到了损害。有可能采取整体发展方针的新人道主义主义反而破坏了挪威非政府组织的做法。许多挪威非政府组织的工人发现他们的活动受到了损害。有可能采取整体发展方针的新人道主义主义反而破坏了挪威非政府组织的做法。许多挪威非政府组织的工人发现他们的活动受到了损害。有可能采取整体发展方针的新人道主义主义反而破坏了挪威非政府组织的做法。
更新日期:2019-03-18
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