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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... negotiations.65 In addition , the CPDN performed an intermediary role between the FMLN and its constituency by ' decoding ' messages coming from the negotiation table.66 A further achievement of the CPDN was its success in mobilising ...
... negotiations.65 In addition , the CPDN performed an intermediary role between the FMLN and its constituency by ' decoding ' messages coming from the negotiation table.66 A further achievement of the CPDN was its success in mobilising ...
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... negotiations started and securing the demilitarisation of society . This achievement should not be exaggerated since there already existed a rather broad national consensus about the need for peace talks right after the November 1989 ...
... negotiations started and securing the demilitarisation of society . This achievement should not be exaggerated since there already existed a rather broad national consensus about the need for peace talks right after the November 1989 ...
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... negotiations . Nevertheless , by performing an intermediary role in civil society the CPDN was an effective alliance pushing for a negotiated solution , particularly in the year prior to the November 1989 offensive . After the offensive ...
... negotiations . Nevertheless , by performing an intermediary role in civil society the CPDN was an effective alliance pushing for a negotiated solution , particularly in the year prior to the November 1989 offensive . After the offensive ...
Contents
Tables Figures and Maps 79 | 7 |
Mixing Poverty and Democracy | 21 |
Between Compassion and Survival | 59 |
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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