Therefore, it is possible to conclude
that this group of organizations will be predisposed to collaborate with one
another rather than organizations that do not receive international aid. It is
therefore not surprising that critics of globalizing NGOs call attention to
this outcome. According to Richter, “[t]he only potential drawback to such
grants is that activists may become involved so deeply in the network of
women’s activists that they have less contact with women outside that network.”
(Richter, 2002: 76). Given the above we formulate our second hypothesis: Globally integrated NGOs tend to collaborate
more with each other rather than with other civic organizations. That is to
say, we expect positive and significant homophily on the basis of global
integration.