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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... started only after the Second World War ( Acuña 1995 ) . Civil society also was quite weak until the early 1920s . Family networks of the coffee elite and their associations were the only strong actors in civil society in the Liberal ...
... started only after the Second World War ( Acuña 1995 ) . Civil society also was quite weak until the early 1920s . Family networks of the coffee elite and their associations were the only strong actors in civil society in the Liberal ...
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... started around 1988-89 ( cf. Achterhuis 1993 ; Lieten and Van der Velden 1997 ) and gained momentum after the impact study ( Stuurgroep 1991 ) was published . In Belgium , a critical report on private aid agencies from an ex - agency ...
... started around 1988-89 ( cf. Achterhuis 1993 ; Lieten and Van der Velden 1997 ) and gained momentum after the impact study ( Stuurgroep 1991 ) was published . In Belgium , a critical report on private aid agencies from an ex - agency ...
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... started there already in the late 1940s . Equally , the Nicaraguan democratic transition will not be further analysed as it started essentially as a democratic transition from ' below ' and was not initiated ' from above ' by the ...
... started there already in the late 1940s . Equally , the Nicaraguan democratic transition will not be further analysed as it started essentially as a democratic transition from ' below ' and was not initiated ' from above ' by the ...
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