NGO Guidelines for Good Policy and Practice (Commonwealth Foundation): Part I: NGOs: what they are and what they do: 2. The historical context: (introduction...)

NGO Guidelines for Good Policy and Practice (Commonwealth Foundation)

Part I: NGOs: what they are and what they do

2. The historical context

		*(introduction...)*
		2.1 Care and welfare
		2.2 Change and development
		2.3 The historical evolution of NGO/government relationships
		2.4 Welfare pluralism
		2.5 The emergence of alternatives
		2.6 New concerns

(introduction...)

Summary

This Chapter provides a historical background. It describes how the current spectrum of NGO activities has emerged from the 19th Century, and been shaped in the past 30 years by the search for alternatives and by emerging new needs and concerns.