Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduates studying French Studies, NGOs and Development Studies, this book provides the first systematic account of the changing priorities, procedures and practices of French NGOs active in overseas development work

The proliferation of social organizations in China has engendered a lively debate about how to conceptualize these social forces. This paper argues that such a conceptualization should take into account the role that both the party-state and social actors attribute to social organizations. With...

During recent years, civil society legitimacy has generated a growing interest in scholarly research. The present article therefore proposes four normative criteria, namely, independence, transparency, participation, and inclusion, in order to start assessing civil society legitimacy...