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 83
Page 83
... effective pressure on private aid agencies to redefine their current role is not really increasing , as this pressure mainly comes from academics and development practitioners and not from within the aid chain : from donors and ...
... effective pressure on private aid agencies to redefine their current role is not really increasing , as this pressure mainly comes from academics and development practitioners and not from within the aid chain : from donors and ...
Page 99
... effective to organise citizens on ' bread and butter ' issues . Moreover , organisations providing services often are expected to have a better chance of becoming sustainable over the long run ( Carothers 1995 ) . This is considered to ...
... effective to organise citizens on ' bread and butter ' issues . Moreover , organisations providing services often are expected to have a better chance of becoming sustainable over the long run ( Carothers 1995 ) . This is considered to ...
Page 105
... effectiveness of their interventions . The persistence of upward accountability over many decades has made private aid ... effective has been the pressure from official donors , who started to demand more efficiency and better monitoring ...
... effectiveness of their interventions . The persistence of upward accountability over many decades has made private aid ... effective has been the pressure from official donors , who started to demand more efficiency and better monitoring ...
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