CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Sloane, Juliana Eyre Edison |
|---|---|
| Title | Narratives of NGOization: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Feminist Organizations in Contemporary Croatia |
| Summary | The following thesis contributes to discussions of NGOization and the effects of foreign funding within feminist organizations in Central and Eastern Europe. I draw on topical oral history interviews with five women from two feminist organizations in Zagreb, Croatia as a descriptive case study. It is my argument that the ambivalent role of foreign funding in the NGOization of feminist organizations in Croatia is experienced acutely by employees in these organizations. Experiences of foreign funding and its correlation with NGOization thus present affective and practical consequences for the narrative framings of feminists as well as the agendas of the organizations in which they participate. Beginning with a discussion of my methodology, I then outline the historical background of feminism in contemporary Croatia. Following this, I present a chapter on the theoretical bases of NGOization in Croatia and an analytical chapter focusing on the narrative constructions of my sample group as they relate to the ramifications of foreign aid, NGOization, fragmentation, and the professionalization of feminist organizations in the country. |
| Supervisor | Peto, Andrea; Cerwonka, Allaine |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/sloane_juliana.pdf |
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