Can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the state collaborate? A look into the emergence of NGOs and resource extraction in greenland. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Young, Kaitlin
• Is Part Of: Polar journal. Volume 10:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Greenland -- NGO -- mining -- development -- government; Polar regions -- Periodicals; Polar regions -- Research -- Periodicals; Antarctica -- Periodicals; Antarctica -- Research -- Periodicals; 998
• DOI: 10.1080/2154896X.2020.1760983
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2154-896X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: NGOs and government often try to address many similar problems within society, but often in diverging ways. Their relationship has long been both reciprocal and adversarial, with specific events continually influencing their actions. This research looks at the emerging NGO landscape in Greenland as it relates to resource development. Without an extensive history of NGOs, Greenland presents an interesting case study to identify the factors influencing apparent low levels of voluntary collaboration. Nested within scholarly discourse on NGO and government collaboration, I introduce an additional layer based on the idea of perception and the diverging ways in which the government and NGOs conceptualise the environment and approach participation. Embedded in this analysis, my research identifies the ways in which Greenlandic NGOs attempt to increase their legitimacy by way of collating and by (re)framing their central claims within a framework of human rights.