ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the core theoretical frameworks employed in the book: NGOisation and metagovernance. The concept of NGOisation provides a theoretical basis to investigate the way the NGOs have been influenced by their funder in the modern world to become more inward-oriented corporate organisations. It is used to help explore what kind of influence the THPF has on the funded NGOs and civil society as the NGOs have been driven, intended or not, to develop certain characteristics so that they can become ‘suitable’ partners for THPF. To further examine the way THPF relates to the NGOs resulting in the NGOisation of civil society, the concept of metagovernance is employed as a framework to study THPF–NGO relations. It systematically and distinctively provides an analytical lens on how state agencies like THPF steer decentralised (governance) networks. It also emphasises the coordination of structures and processes of interactive governance mechanisms within a particular system or institution. Through metagovernance, the rationales and techniques of the funder towards the relationship are highlighted. The concept helps explore how and why THPF steers or governs the funded NGOs.
