TY - CHAP A1 - Ilal, Abdul A1 - Kleibl, Tanja A1 - Munck, Ronaldo ED - Kamruzzaman, Palash T1 - Postcolonial perspectives on civil society in Mozambique: Towards an alternative approach for research and action T2 - Civil Society in the Global South N2 - The Western or Northern conceptions of civil society, based on classical liberal thought, are the main reference points for interpreting civil society in the global South within development studies and practice. From a critical postcolonial epistemological perspective, we will question many of the key assumptions underlying this approach. Having been involved in the various steps of framing a civil society research project in Mozambique, a project that aimed to look at the conceptual considerations necessary for civil society studies in the global South, we share in this chapter some methodological learning generated from the project and our previous experience. We work through some of the various understandings of civil society in Mozambique based on our analysis of the country context, covering the colonial period of the late nineteenth century up to contemporary postcolonial times, and provide a brief overview of various aspects of civil society and their political-societal significance. Based on preliminary research conclusions we will then put forward some broader epistemological and methodological hypotheses for civil society research in a Southern context. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315113579-13 PB - Routledge ET - 1. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleibl, Tanja A1 - Munck, Ronaldo T1 - NGOs and the Political Economy of Development: An Irish Perspective JF - Development Studies Association Ireland (DSAI) (Discussion Paper) N2 - In Ireland the role of development NGOs is rarely interrogated. There is, rather, a shared discourse across the government, NGO and academic sectors which does not really encourage critical enquiry. Yet, in light of the recent Oxfam and Goal scandals, we must ask, as critical-engaged intellectuals, if development NGOs are now ‘part of the problem’ or ‘part of the solution’ to use a 1960s phrase. After a brief context- setting section Why Now? which discusses recent events around the NGOs, we start our enquiry with a set of Deconstructions of relevant terms such as ‘development’, ‘civil society’, ‘human rights’ and the term ‘NGO’ itself, too often referred to in reverential or uncritical ways in the NGO literature and more widely. We then move on to consider whether it is a case of Irish exceptionalism which explains why the political economy of development and NGOs debate in Ireland seems so insulated from international debates. Finally, we open up a Discussion which tries to pose some of the main matters arising from our enquiry. We understand our discussion might seem challenging to some, but we think we are right to pose the issues and hope we might spark an open debate on whether NGOs are part of the solution or, rather, part of the problem. This debate is too important to be left to the NGOs alone. Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.dsaireland.org/updates/latest/ngos-and-the-political-economy-of-development-an-i/ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kleibl, Tanja A1 - Sevenich, L. ED - Wagner, L. ED - Lutz, Ronald ED - Rehklau, Ch. ED - Ross, F. T1 - Development, post-development and the alternative beyond-aid debates: A critical international development worker perspective T2 - Handbuch Internationale Soziale Arbeit – Dimensionen – Konflikte – Positionen Y1 - 2018 PB - Beltz Verlag ER -