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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 21
... DEMOCRACY Democratic Transition , Civil Society and the International Context There are two potential problems with democracy in Latin America , according to Jorge Castañeda ( 1993 : 338 ) . Democracy is either meaningless as a result ...
... DEMOCRACY Democratic Transition , Civil Society and the International Context There are two potential problems with democracy in Latin America , according to Jorge Castañeda ( 1993 : 338 ) . Democracy is either meaningless as a result ...
Page 22
... democracy . However , this definition is hardly satisfactory without explaining what is meant by ' civil society ' and ' democracy ' . To start with the latter : few concepts have been more contested in political science theory than the ...
... democracy . However , this definition is hardly satisfactory without explaining what is meant by ' civil society ' and ' democracy ' . To start with the latter : few concepts have been more contested in political science theory than the ...
Page 51
... democracy . ' Third governments ' promoting democracy Foreign policies of governments aimed at the promotion of democracy should be analysed with caution , especially because many authoritarian regimes in the past have been supported ...
... democracy . ' Third governments ' promoting democracy Foreign policies of governments aimed at the promotion of democracy should be analysed with caution , especially because many authoritarian regimes in the past have been supported ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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