Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v3i1.489
Non-Governmental Organizations, Funding and Social Welfare in Croatia and Slovenia
Paul Stubbs
; International Social Policy Research Unit, Leeds Metropolitan University
Natalija Sertić
; Centar za socijalnu skrb Dugo selo
Abstract
This article, based on research on the Non-Governmental Sector in Croatia and Slovenia, looks at the effects of particular patterns of funding on national social welfare Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). Utilizing theories of post-communism, as managerialism, the authors situate the development of NGO's in the context of the role of cultural capital and the development of a new class structure. Different models of NGO development are discussed in relation to trends in funding, with the suggestion that NGO's in Slovenia have experienced „Cyclical“ funding, whilst in Croatia, funding has been more „Crisis-oriented“. The argument is that NGO's experiencing „Crisis-oriented“ funding tend to develop managerial and bureaucratic structures resistant to cuts when funding declines, so that the overall result is inefficiencies in direct service provision to beneficiaries.
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Hrčak ID:
29813
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Publication date:
1.1.1996.
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