The Politics of Civil Society Building: European Private Aid Agencies and Democratic Transitions in Central AmericaStrengthening civil society may be all the rage in the international donor community, but what does it mean in practice? This seminal work critically examines the political aspects of civil society building and the role of non-governmental development aid agencies during recent democratic transitions in Central America. |
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... channels The key to a strong political society is the existence of democratic political parties whose leaders can be held accountable , both by a diverse membership and by the electorate . But it has already been mentioned that most ...
... channels The key to a strong political society is the existence of democratic political parties whose leaders can be held accountable , both by a diverse membership and by the electorate . But it has already been mentioned that most ...
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... channels for participatory and people - centred development interventions , with many comparative advantages over traditional official aid channels . A third element enhancing the role of ( Euro- pean and Canadian ) private aid agencies ...
... channels for participatory and people - centred development interventions , with many comparative advantages over traditional official aid channels . A third element enhancing the role of ( Euro- pean and Canadian ) private aid agencies ...
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... channel for dialogue with the Central American govern- ments in the name of organised ( 1.5 million ) , but also non ... channels also were used by ASOCODE to target international organisations , either in alliance with extraregional ...
... channel for dialogue with the Central American govern- ments in the name of organised ( 1.5 million ) , but also non ... channels also were used by ASOCODE to target international organisations , either in alliance with extraregional ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
Copyright | |
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activities aid chain aid flows alliances analysed armed forces ASOCODE ASOCODE's assessment authoritarian CEBEMO Central America channels Church civil society building coalition CODEH COMG communities contributed coordination COPMAGUA Costa Rica counter-insurgency CPDN crisis Custodio democracy democratic transition democratisation Desarrollo development NGOs early economic El Salvador elections emerged European private aid evaluation external FMLN FUNDADESE funding global groups Guatemala Honduras human rights ICIC impact studies increased Indian organisations institutions intermediary Interview Latin America leaders Managua Maya Mazariegos military negotiations neoliberal networks NGOs Nicaragua NOVIB official aid official donors opposition organisations in civil participation peace agreement peace process peasant organisations percent policies political parties political society popular organisations private aid agencies private aid interventions private foreign aid programmes projects Quetzaltenango reforms refugees regime regional representatives result role Salvadorean San José San Salvador Sandinista sectors social Southern stages strategies strengthening civil society Tegucigalpa transnational Tukum URNG