Substitution or Facilitation: Service-Delivery NGOs and Political Engagement in the Peruvian Amazon
Substitution or Facilitation: Service-Delivery NGOs and Political Engagement in the Peruvian Amazon
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替代或便利：服务提供非政府组织和秘鲁亚马逊地区的政治参与
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2018
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5
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J. Nelson
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J. Nelson
非政府组织是否在发展中环境中破坏或建立公民和政府之间的民主联系是一个长期争论的问题。这项研究探索了关于提供服务的非政府组织是否通过发放商品减少了对政府的需求，还是它们是否促进了与政府的互动的不同说法。这项研究使用了一种基于秘鲁亚马逊原始家庭数据和对社区领导人、非政府组织和政府的采访的混合方法，描绘了一幅细微差别的图景，充实了非政府组织辩论的各个方面。随着更多的非政府组织互动，争取服务和与政府互动的可能性增加，这支持了关于非政府组织积极影响的说法。然而，社区中更高水平的非政府组织活动可以对请求政府支持起到威慑作用，这一结果可能取决于信息的作用。这项研究对非政府组织在影响政府响应和问责方面的作用有一定的影响。
Whether nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) undermine or build democratic linkages between citizens and governments in developing contexts is a long-standing debate. This research explores the divergent claims of whether service-delivery NGOs, by doling out goods, decrease demands made of governments or whether they facilitate interactions with governments. Using a mixed-methods approach based on original household data from the Peruvian Amazon and interviews with community leaders, NGOs, and government, the research paints a nuanced picture fleshing out aspects of the NGO debate. The likelihood of pressing for services and interacting with government increases with more NGO interaction, supporting claims about the positive effects of NGOs. However, higher levels of NGO activity in communities can have a deterrence effect on petitioning government for support, a result that likely hinges on the role of information. The research has implications for the role of NGOs in affecting government responsiveness and accountability.