its rationalist origins led to the introduction of the broader concept of migration management , and an interest in politics beyond the state. 2 More recently, management was replaced by governance to include civil society (of which NGOs – nongovernmental organisations – are part), hoping
1 Questions As an important social force in poverty control, Chinese NGO s have participated in and contributed to development-oriented poverty alleviation in China’s rural areas for nearly 30 years. In a narrow sense, NGO s refer to social organizations, foundations, private non
1 Introduction In their article for this special issue, Marlou Schrover, Teuntje Vosters and Irial Glynn identify three kinds of authority – moral, expert, and logistical – that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have exercised in the management of migration between the later nineteenth