Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan

NGOs serving marginalized groups in the developing world often lie under heavy donor influence, so they must toe the line between compliance with and resistance against their funders to best promote the well-being of their beneficiaries. Jordanian health NGOs have grappled with these power dynamics...

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Autor principal:	Zachary Gallin
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Publicado:	Dalhousie University Libraries 2021
Materias:	biopower jordan hiv/aids ngos Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4c4018829ea2469889629a6dacc182ae2021-11-29T13:45:49ZApplications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan2369-872110.15273/jue.v11i3.11245https://doaj.org/article/4c4018829ea2469889629a6dacc182ae2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.library.dal.ca/JUE/article/view/11245https://doaj.org/toc/2369-8721NGOs serving marginalized groups in the developing world often lie under heavy donor influence, so they must toe the line between compliance with and resistance against their funders to best promote the well-being of their beneficiaries. Jordanian health NGOs have grappled with these power dynamics since the 1990s when donor countries began pouring money into Jordan's private sector as part of structural adjustment. I use ethnographic data from a Jordanian HIV prevention NGO to analyze how Foucault’s (1978) theory of biopower applies to international NGO-donor relationships. I argue that the international aid chain transforms NGO staff and the populations they serve into biological subjects expected to adhere to norms set by American and European donors. Biopower manifests differently depending on donor approaches to project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.Zachary GallinDalhousie University Librariesarticlebiopowerjordanhiv/aidsngosEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENThe Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 84-101 (2021)
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description	NGOs serving marginalized groups in the developing world often lie under heavy donor influence, so they must toe the line between compliance with and resistance against their funders to best promote the well-being of their beneficiaries. Jordanian health NGOs have grappled with these power dynamics since the 1990s when donor countries began pouring money into Jordan's private sector as part of structural adjustment. I use ethnographic data from a Jordanian HIV prevention NGO to analyze how Foucault’s (1978) theory of biopower applies to international NGO-donor relationships. I argue that the international aid chain transforms NGO staff and the populations they serve into biological subjects expected to adhere to norms set by American and European donors. Biopower manifests differently depending on donor approaches to project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
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title	Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan
title_short	Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan
title_full	Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan
title_fullStr	Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan
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Applications of Biopower to NGO-Donor Partnerships for HIV Prevention in Jordan

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