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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /434/ Bodiless Bodies ft. Matthew Thompson & Jonny Gordon-Farleigh (sample)
Description: On the NGO-isation of the state.
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Researchers and writers Matthew Thompson and Jonny Gordon-Farleigh join us to discuss their recent Damage article with George Hoare.
Civil society was once occupied by popular forces that could function as a bulwark against both capitalist marketization and state authoritarianism. Today, it has been colonized by the NGO, which, in turn, colonizes our hollowed-out politics. We ask:
What are 'private NGOs', and what are quangos?
How has 'projectification' taken over?
What does the NGOisation of society mean? How does th...