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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/value-clashes-power-competitio
 n-and-community-trust-why-ngo-s-earthquake-recovery-program/
SUMMARY:Value Clashes\, Power Competition and Community Trust: Why an NGO
 ’s Earthquake Recovery Program Faltered in Rural China
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 rvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2cmQYapggeGGx3D\n\nCo-sponsored with t
 he Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nNGOs in rural China cannot opera
 te successfully and achieve their goals if they lose the trust of the peop
 le they aim to serve and the grassroots leaders they must work with. Follo
 wing the 2008 Sichuan earthquake\, an environmental NGO in P village becam
 e entangled in competition with village cadres and value clashes with vil
 lagers who had their own understanding of development\, sustainability and
  environmentalism. Initially\, “borrowed power” from higher-level gove
 rnments enabled the ENGO to enter the community fairly smoothly and to gai
 n a degree of trust\, but disputes with villagers (over home construction\
 , organic agriculture and eco-tourism) and a power struggle with local cad
 res (over their role in the village) triggered resistance that ultimately 
 drove the ENGO out. The story of P village is a cautionary tale about powe
 r relationships and community micropolitics. “Borrowed power” from abo
 ve is no match for opposition from below on two fronts. Sadly\, however\, 
 “success” in expelling the ENGO has not meant success more broadly. P 
 village’s economic performance remains weak and old divisions between t
 he powerful and powerless have re-emerged\, as lack of trust in outsiders 
 has been replaced with a lack of trust in insiders.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
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