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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... industry and agriculture converted the armed forces into a powerful and autonomous institution , whose officers developed from the guardians to full members of the political and economic elite ( Rouquié 1987 ; Cerdas 1992 ) . Although ...
... industry and agriculture converted the armed forces into a powerful and autonomous institution , whose officers developed from the guardians to full members of the political and economic elite ( Rouquié 1987 ; Cerdas 1992 ) . Although ...
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... industry during the period of the Central American Common Market . Most of these labour federations were dominated by ORIT , a Latin American federation financed by the us labour organisation AFL - CIO , to neutralise communist ...
... industry during the period of the Central American Common Market . Most of these labour federations were dominated by ORIT , a Latin American federation financed by the us labour organisation AFL - CIO , to neutralise communist ...
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... industrial elite : ' The division between the agrarian and the agro - industrial factions of the elite is fundamental to understanding what happened in Central America in the eighties . ' 19 In Honduras , the National Honduran Peasant ...
... industrial elite : ' The division between the agrarian and the agro - industrial factions of the elite is fundamental to understanding what happened in Central America in the eighties . ' 19 In Honduras , the National Honduran Peasant ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
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