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Chapter 6 Destructive creation: A surfeit of NGO's

NGOs and Social Responsibility

ISBN: 978-0-85724-295-2, eISBN: 978-0-85724-296-9

Publication date: 15 September 2010

Abstract

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) fulfil a vital role in society, filling the gap often left between civic responsibility undertaken through an agency of the government and personal responsibility often undertaken through the family. Indeed the modern streamlined state very often deliberately relies on such NGOs to undertake responsibilities previously undertaken by the state, such as health, welfare and educational roles, which can no longer be undertaken due to the twisted logic of privatisation. To fill the gap, states often rely on NGOs and provide funding accordingly – a state obligation undertaken by proxy. The role and significance of NGOs has therefore risen accordingly; commensurate with this we have seen an explosion in the number of NGOs and a concomitant explosion in the spheres of influence of such organisations and in the roles that they claim for themselves.

Citation

Aras, G. and Crowther, D. (2010), "Chapter 6 Destructive creation: A surfeit of NGO's", Aras, G. and Crowther, D. (Ed.) NGOs and Social Responsibility (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-0523(2010)0000001012

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