Dissertation Research: Shaping Democracy through Organizational Practice: the Case of NGOs in India

这个论文改进奖将资助在印度南部进行一年的研究。该学生旨在比较卡纳特卡邦的三个以社区为基础的非政府组织（ngo），一方面探讨财政自治与国家政治“距离”之间关系的假设，另一方面探讨非政府组织的结构、形式和组织实践。这项研究的背景是，在工业化社会中，这种形式的民间机构日益突出。印度是扩展案例研究的地点，因为非政府组织对该国当前发展战略的重要性。学生将根据一组详细参数对三家非政府组织进行比较，包括参与者的家庭特征、组织结构和活动以及组织影响。这项研究的一个主要目的是研究非政府组织的做法对家庭和更大的政治领域的影响。

SBR-9506132 This dissertation-improvement award is to fund a year of research in southern India. The Student aims to compare three community-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Karnatka State to explore hypotheses about the relationships between fiscal autonomy and political "distance" from the state, on the one hand, and the structure, form, and organizational practices of NGOs. The context of the research is the increased salience given this form of civil institution in industrializing societies. India is the site of the extended case studies because of the importance of NGOs to current development strategies there. The Student will compare the three NGOs along a set of detailed parameters, including household characteristics of participants, organizational structure and activities, and organizational impact. A major purpose of the study is the impact of NGO practices within both the household and larger political spheres.