Jude L. Fernando is Associate Professor of International Development, Clark University. He has edited many books including Rethinking Sustainable Development (SAGE, 2003), Microfinance: Perils and Prospects (Routledge, 2005) and The Political Economy of NGOs (Pluto, 2011).

'At last, we have a theoretically informed and historically grounded account of one of the defining features of the contemporary world - the rise of non-governmental organisations'

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Beyond the Impasse: Theorising Social Change1. The Emergence of the Unified Nation State: Pre-Colonial NGOs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:.2. Welfare State to National Security State: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Sri Lanka, 1948-20103. Secularism, Religion and Parallel States: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Bangladesh, 1971-20104. The NGO Industrial Complex: Modernising Post-ModernityBibliographyIndex

Jude L. Fernando is Associate Professor of International Development, Clark University. He has edited many books including Rethinking Sustainable Development (SAGE, 2003), Microfinance: Perils and Prospects (Routledge, 2005) and The Political Economy of NGOs (Pluto, 2011).

'At last, we have a theoretically informed and historically grounded account of one of the defining features of the contemporary world - the rise of non-governmental organisations'

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Beyond the Impasse: Theorising Social Change1. The Emergence of the Unified Nation State: Pre-Colonial NGOs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:.2. Welfare State to National Security State: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Sri Lanka, 1948-20103. Secularism, Religion and Parallel States: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Bangladesh, 1971-20104. The NGO Industrial Complex: Modernising Post-ModernityBibliographyIndex

Jude L. Fernando is Associate Professor of International Development, Clark University. He has edited many books including Rethinking Sustainable Development (SAGE, 2003), Microfinance: Perils and Prospects (Routledge, 2005) and The Political Economy of NGOs (Pluto, 2011).

'At last, we have a theoretically informed and historically grounded account of one of the defining features of the contemporary world - the rise of non-governmental organisations'

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Beyond the Impasse: Theorising Social Change1. The Emergence of the Unified Nation State: Pre-Colonial NGOs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:.2. Welfare State to National Security State: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Sri Lanka, 1948-20103. Secularism, Religion and Parallel States: The Post-Independence NGO-State Relations in Bangladesh, 1971-20104. The NGO Industrial Complex: Modernising Post-ModernityBibliographyIndex