Between Clients and Bureaucrats: an Ambivalent Position of NGOs in the Social Inclusion Agenda in Czech Statutory Cities

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2014.05.003" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2014.05.003</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2014.05.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.polsoc.2014.05.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Between Clients and Bureaucrats: an Ambivalent Position of NGOs in the Social Inclusion Agenda in Czech Statutory Cities

Original language description

This paper examines the changing landscape of policy work conducted by NGOs with respect to the social inclusion agenda. Based on qualitative case studies of integration policies of Czech statutory cities, it is focused particularly on the role of institutionalized NGOs and informal activist groups in the subnational policy work and ways to deal with both policy bureaucrats and local citizens. Particularly, the paper intends to answer following questions: In what way might NGOs at this level be considered to have expertise and how their expertise is being constructed? Czech institutionalized NGOs generally do not have a broad membership base; hence their legitimacy does not result from active membership. Rather they need to seek for different sources of legitimacy. Indeed, the access to and use of expertise and professionalization is of crucial importance. We explore the sources and methods NGOs use to identify, formulate and advocate their positions toward local policy makers and publ

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP404%2F11%2F2098" target="_blank" >GAP404/11/2098: Social Dynamics Acceleration: Uncertainty, Hierarchical/Flat Structure of Governance and History Interiorization</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Policy and Society

ISSN

1449-4035

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

AU - AUSTRALIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

129-139

UT code for WoS article

000338003500005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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