Partial Failures
Iqbal Haider Butt
BREAKDOWN IN PAKISTAN: HOW AID IS ERODING INSTITUTIONS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION by Masooda Bano Foundation Books, Cambridge University Press India, New Delhi, 2014, 240 pp., 795
February 2014, volume 38, No 2

The topic of NGOs, especially those which are rights-based, in Pakistan is an intriguing and polarizing case in media discussions, always instigating hype by the critics over alleged negative roles and pushing the western agenda or by the proponents who appreciate NGOs’ capacity to challenge the authoritarian status quo. As yet, despite this hot contest in public intellectual circles, it has rarely been investigated by researchers and put to serious academic scrutiny.

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