О КЊИГАМА И МИЛИОНИМА: ДА ЛИ НВО МОГУ НАТЕРАТИ ВЛАСТ ДА ОДГОВАРА ЗА СВОЈЕ ПОСТУПКЕ
ON BOOKS AND MILLIONS: CAN NGOS HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with social accountability, the role of civil society and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in establishing accountable government. I present the results of surveys conducted in Serbia and Cambodia in 2014. Research findings indicate that NGOs have minor impact on the setting up accountable government. In both countries we identified structural similarities: NGOs are depoliticized and deal with public policy, rather than political struggle; they are directed at individuals and not groups; they are dealing with informing, rather than mobilizing citizens; and are focused on cooperation, not conflict with the authorities. In addition, they fail to activate two groups of traditional mechanisms: (1) mainstream media and (2) traditional institutional mechanisms of government accountability. Those are exactly the assumptions for successful civic activism.

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