PIA 2528 Governance, Local Government and Civil Society Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework

1. PIA 2528 Governance, Local Government and Civil Society Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework See Below- The Model

2. The Model: Civil Society • Local Governance and Civil Society • Decentralization Diagram

4. Quote of the Week • George Orwell, Burmese Days • "Why is it you are always abusing the pukka sahibs as you call them. They are the salt of the earth. Consider the great administrators who have made British India what it is.” • The Issue: History, Empire and Civil Society • Colonial Burma and Civil Society in Myanmar • Authoritarian Legacies

5. Save the Victims of the Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008)

6. 1923 Burma Provincial Police Training School, Mandalay (Eric Blair standing third from the left)

7. Review- Discussion of Themes Democratic Governance and Institutional State • Rule of Law • Transparency • Security • Competitive Elections and Political Parties • Devolved Local Government • Institutional Processes • Interest articulation and aggregation (Competition • Civil Society- Mediation and Social Capital

8. Social Mediation

9. Hamilton, Madison and Jay

10. Madison, Hamilton and Jay and Civil Society • Federalist Papers • Fear of Populism • Minority rights • Shifting majorities • The problem with majorities • Tyranny • Factions

11. Tyranny

12. Polyarchy: The Conceptual Framework • Competitive Pluralism • Diverse interest associations of society compete with each other over policy issues • Basis of Economic and Political Competition • Social vs. Economic Liberalism

13. Social vs. Economic Liberalism?

14. Polyarchy: Six Principles-Summary • Interest Group Liberalism • Problem of zero-sum game • Civil Society as organizational not individual or the mass. • The need for apathy • Institutional structures: Checks and balances • Constitutional vs. social stability

15. Civil Society: The Base Point • Civil Society- Networks of organizations, groups and individuals pursuing socio-economic interests • Base point- Governance vs. interests (negative and positive) • Relationship to Private sector

16. A Positive Image

17. Review: Civil SocietyThe Nature of the Beast: • Non-Profits • Not for Profits • Private Voluntary Organizations • Community Based Organizations • Civics

18. Nature of the Beast-Continued • Foundations • Associations • Interest Groups • Quangos

19. Philanthropy?

20. Nature of the Beast • The University of Pittsburgh is a Non-Profit • They are not always small

21. Five Caveats: Civil Society Groups • Usually excludes “for profits”- issue of contractors • Both International and Local • Internationals are not universally loved • Very often internationals are religious or charity based • Focus has been primarily on relief rather than development or civil society goals

22. Contractors

23. Types of “Development” NGOs 1. Philanthropy 2. Humanitarian Assistance War, Drought, Agricultural Failure (WWI) Relief and Welfare Societies- Disaster- 3. Populist based development agencies (national)

24. “Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe”

25. Types of “Development” NGOs 4. Grassroots associations (local or village based): Focus on Rural Development 5. Advocacy groups: Democracy and Governance 6. Public Service Contractors and Grantees

26. ARD-Associates in Rural Development and MSI- Management Systems International

27. International NGOs- Weaknesses 1. Lack of local legitimacy 2. Donor driven 3. Inefficiency 4. Amateurism- leadership and continuity problems 5. Staffing problems

28. Amateurism?

29. International NGOs- Weaknesses 6. Self-serving- own objectives: Faith Based 7. Fixation on projects- Problems of replication 8. Lack of perceived accountability 9. Learning problems/lack of institutional memory

30. German Missionaries in Southwest Africa, 1910 (now Namibia)

31. Thousand Points of Light George Bush, appearing with victim’s rights advocate Doris Tate at a ceremony in which Tate was named as one of the thousand points of light.

32. 10. Tensions with government institutions- Politically threatening 11. Ties with existing local elites 12. Inability of humanitarian organizations to transfer to new development orientation International NGOs- Weaknesses

33. Politically Threatening NGOs • Kenya, 2008- • 2009

34. Foreign Aid

36. Break • Ten Minutes

37. Public Private Partnerships The Twenty-First Century Paradigm

38. Types of Democracy and Civil Society Representation • Cooperative Movements (or Corporatism) • Diverse interest associations cooperate with each other and with organs of the state to make policy • Scandinavian Social Corporatism • Public-Private Partnership?

39. Nyhavn Copenhagen Denmark

40. Public-Private Partnerships • U.S. Parallel: Western Pennsylvania

42. Understanding the Public Sector of Allegheny County Allegheny County is made up of 130 townships and boroughs. Each of these has its own public manager and council. The city of Pittsburgh is part of this mix of local government. Several Thousand non-profits Operating Budget for the County for 2003 is $654 million. This budget provides for such services as: Children and Youth Services Jail/County Police Port Authority District attorney coroner

43. Demographics of Allegheny County • Total population 1,281,666 • 84% White • 12% African American • 1.7% Asian • 1% Hispanic • 1/10 of 1% Native American • 18% 65+ • 6% under 5 years old

44. Post-Industrial Patterns

45. Public-Private Partnerships • Non-Profits Number in W. PA in tens of thousands and • deliver up to two-thirds of the social services of the County in several different sectors

46. Financial Links: Public Private

47. Public Private Partnerships:The International Context Defined: Partnerships (formal or informal) between: • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), • Community Based Organizations (CBOs), • Governments, • Donors (International and Private), • Private- Business Sector.

48. Foreign Aid Links

49. Public Private Partnerships • Origins- Use in International Development a. International Donors- Way of Dealing with Umbrella Grants and implementation of development policies b. Accepting donor money means accepting donor principles

50. Public Private Partnerships c. Comes out of Structural Adjustment and Policy Reform (re. LDCs) d. Seen by some as an alternative to Contracting Out- Others as part of it e. Critics see it as detrimental to a market approach to economic change