The Genesis of NGO Participation in Contemporary Cuba
The Genesis of NGO Participation in Contemporary Cuba
Perceptions from the Field, as Reported by Local and Foreign NGO Representatives
This chapter examines the origins of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in Cuba. When international donor agencies and NGOs entered Cuba, they altered the make-up of civil society, and these interventions have brought about a social context wherein the revolutionary socialist view of civil society comes into close contact with a more Western conception. The chapter discusses the extent to which NGOs either conform to, or conflict with, the state's conception of civil society and analyzes the challenges that arise out of the differing and sometimes conflicting approaches to social development as espoused by the state and NGOs.
Keywords: NGO, Cuba, civil society, donor agencies, revolutionary socialist, social development
Florida Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
