By R. Pinkney
Formal political buildings have produced little greater than 'electoral democracy' in Africa with out tackling the issues of poverty and elite exploitation. This booklet appears on the possibilities for, and boundaries of, voluntary our bodies in looking a extra 'just' order at either African and international degrees.
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Values But growth of voluntary groups concerned with specific disadvantaged groups, human rights and the environment More limited state Privatisation, capacity and NPM. g. Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace) often working with local NGOs in developing countries NGOs attract activists who might previously have worked for unions or parties. g. social housing), acquire state resources for voluntary work, or gain representation on statutory bodies The Context of the Rise ofNGOs 27 majority, the services and safety nets provided by the state have begun to matter less, and personal fulfilment can be sought in the pursuit of a wide range of goods and services from foreign holidays to new durable goods.
We have mentioned the emergence of post-industrial society, and the rise of post-material values, and it seems likely that these sources, rather than technocrats at the World Bank alone, were instrumental in putting objectives such as debt relief, participation, empowerment, environmental conservation, human rights, and even social equality, on the agenda (Broad and Cavanagh in Broad 2002: 56-9; Kaldor 2003: 78-107; Scholte n/d: 6-11). The post-Washington consensus, if that is an appropriate term for such a diverse range of ideas, was clearly not a return to the social democratic ideas of earlier decades.
The ruling party enjoyed a greater reserve of legitimacy, having led the country to independence, and having established a reputation for non-violence, frugality and relative honesty, though not for tolerance of dissent. As in Ghana, some of the earliest stirrings of a potential civil society were found in simple acts of self-preservation and silent defiance of authority. Tripp describes how the state monopoly of public transport was challenged by passengers bursting into song on seeing a policeman, to pretend that they were a wedding party on a chartered bus rather than passengers on an illegal scheduled bus (Tripp 1997: 1-2).