Nongovernmental Organizations and Influence on Global Public Policy

Cecilia Tortajada

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were once considered as altruistic groups which aim was to impartially influence public policy with no vested interests. Nevertheless, this perception has changed. They are increasingly perceived as groups that prioritize their own ideologies or that respond to the interests of their donors, patrons, and members rather than to those of the groups they represent. This article discusses the politics of NGOs in the present changing globalized world as agents concerned with social and environmental change as much as with their own causes. It argues that numerous NGOs are as much a part of national and international politics as any other interest group and that their practices and activities are not always in the search of a good society or the common good.

Keywords: nongovernmental organizations; donors; global public policy; governance; dams (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2016-07-01
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Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, May 2016, pages 266-274

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