Marriage of the Unwilling? The Paradox of Local Government and NGO Relations in Ghana

Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain

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Abstract

The extant literature on the relations between government and NGOs is limited in two respects—dominant focus on relations between central government and NGOs and a limited discussion of typologies of relations in countries in Africa. This study seeks to make a modest contribution to addressing these limitations by studying the relations between local government and NGOs in Ghana. This paper proposes a four-dimensional framework for analysing the relations between local government and NGOs in Ghana. It reports that the relations are varied, complex and multi-dimensional and characterised by superficial and suspicious cordiality; tokenistic and cosmetic collaboration; friendly-foe relation; and convenient and cautious partnerships.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2061-2083
Number of pages23
JournalVoluntas
Volume26
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Oct 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Collaboration
  • Ghana
  • Local government
  • NGOs
  • Partnerships
  • Relations
  • Typologies

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