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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... stages could be confusing if the last transition stage ( ' transition to what ? ' ) is not clearly specified . Linz and Stepan ( 1996 : 5-6 ) argue that the stage of ' consoli- dated democracy ' is achieved when ' democracy has become ...
... stages could be confusing if the last transition stage ( ' transition to what ? ' ) is not clearly specified . Linz and Stepan ( 1996 : 5-6 ) argue that the stage of ' consoli- dated democracy ' is achieved when ' democracy has become ...
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... stages of consolidation , instead of only considering one ' end stage ' which is popular with transitologists ( Linz and Stepan 1996 ) . The reason is that during early consolidation only initial steps are taken to end restricted ...
... stages of consolidation , instead of only considering one ' end stage ' which is popular with transitologists ( Linz and Stepan 1996 ) . The reason is that during early consolidation only initial steps are taken to end restricted ...
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... Stages and dynamics of democratic transitions Due to the crisis of authoritarian rule , the traditional ' triple alliance ' between the landed oligarchy , the armed forces and the interventionist role of the US embassy was shown to be ...
... Stages and dynamics of democratic transitions Due to the crisis of authoritarian rule , the traditional ' triple alliance ' between the landed oligarchy , the armed forces and the interventionist role of the US embassy was shown to be ...
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