caa a22 4500 606151966 CHVBK 20210128100546.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9531-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9531-5 Surreptitious Symbiosis: Engagement Between Activists and NGOs [Elektronische Daten] [Marlies Glasius, Armine Ishkanian] Based on research conducted in Athens, Cairo, London and Yerevan, the article analyzes the relationship between activists engaged in street protests or direct action since 2011 and NGOs. It examines how activists relate to NGOs and whether it is possible to do sustained activism to bring about social change without becoming part of a ‘civil society industry.' The article argues that while at first glance NGOs seem disconnected from recent street activism, and activists distance themselves from NGOs, the situation is more complicated than meets the eye. It contends that the boundaries between the formal NGOs and informal groups of activists are blurred and there is much cross-over and collaboration. The article demonstrates and seeks to explain this phenomenon, which we call surreptitious symbiosis, from the micro- perspective of individual activists and NGO staff. Finally, we discuss whether this surreptitious symbiosis can be sustained and sketch three scenarios for the future. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 NGOs nationallicence Activism nationallicence Global civil society nationallicence Street protests nationallicence Occupy nationallicence Glasius Marlies Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Ishkanian Armine Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE, London, UK aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/6(2015-12-01), 2620-2644 0957-8765 26:6<2620 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9531-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9531-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Glasius Marlies Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ishkanian Armine Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/6(2015-12-01), 2620-2644 0957-8765 26:6<2620 2015 26 11266