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Liinason, MiaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Lund University,Lunds universitet,Genusvetenskapliga institutionen,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Gender Studies,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences,Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper,Department of Cultural Sciences
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"Drawing the line" and other small scale resistances : Exploring agency and ambiguity in transnational feminist and queer NGOs
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2020-07-16
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Informa UK Limited,2021
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https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2020.1775489DOI
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https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/295421URI
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Language:English
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This article explores the discourses, actors, and cross-border exchanges thatshape the broader landscape of contemporary transnational feminist andqueer non-governmental organizations (NGOs). While several studies havepointed to the co-opted role of NGOs, fewer have explored the potential forNGOs to influence the conditions under which they operate. That is what thisarticle sets out to do, with the goal of highlighting the potential for feministand queer NGOs to engage in oppositional politics within contexts ofneoliberalism. Based on material collected during ethnographic fieldwork withtransnational feminist and queer NGOs, this article examines how NGOsposition themselves in relation to the political and financial structures thatcondition their work; how and to what effect the emerging professional classof NGO activists navigate the contradictory landscapes within which they arelocated; and the ambiguities of cross-border exchanges among NGOs. Thearticle shows examples of agency and small-scale resistance, but alsoilluminates the palpable risks of existing neoliberal tendencies among fundersand NGOs. I conclude that transnational feminist and queer NGOs have muchto gain from intervening more decisively in such ambiguities as thoseexamined in this article.
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Genusvetenskapliga institutionenSamhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar
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In:International Feminist Journal of Politics: Informa UK Limited23:1, s. 102-1241468-44701461-6742
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