Author: Chris van der Borgh
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731284X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines.
NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies
Author: Chris van der Borgh
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731284X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731284X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines.
NGOs, Political Protest, and Civil Society
Author: Carew Boulding
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book argues that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have an important effect on political participation in the developing world. Contrary to popular belief, they promote moderate political participation through formal mechanisms such as voting only in democracies where institutions are working well. This is a radical departure from the bulk of the literature on civil society that sees NGOs and other associations as playing a role in strengthening democracy wherever they operate. Instead, Carew Boulding shows that where democratic institutions are weak, NGOs encourage much more contentious political participation, including demonstrations, riots, and protests. Except in extreme cases of poorly functioning democratic institutions, however, the political protest that results from NGO activity is not generally anti-system or incompatible with democracy - again, as long as democracy is functioning above a minimal level"--
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book argues that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have an important effect on political participation in the developing world. Contrary to popular belief, they promote moderate political participation through formal mechanisms such as voting only in democracies where institutions are working well. This is a radical departure from the bulk of the literature on civil society that sees NGOs and other associations as playing a role in strengthening democracy wherever they operate. Instead, Carew Boulding shows that where democratic institutions are weak, NGOs encourage much more contentious political participation, including demonstrations, riots, and protests. Except in extreme cases of poorly functioning democratic institutions, however, the political protest that results from NGO activity is not generally anti-system or incompatible with democracy - again, as long as democracy is functioning above a minimal level"--
The Power and Limits of NGOs
Author: Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231124904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This text assesses the impact of non-governmental organizations' efforts to build democratic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Case studies provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231124904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This text assesses the impact of non-governmental organizations' efforts to build democratic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Case studies provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states.
NGOs and Civil Society
Author: Ann Hudock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
NGOs, Political Protest, and Civil Society
Author: Carew Boulding
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107659384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book argues that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have an important effect on political participation in the developing world. Contrary to popular belief, they promote moderate political participation through formal mechanisms such as voting only in democracies where institutions are working well. This is a radical departure from the bulk of the literature on civil society that sees NGOs and other associations as playing a role in strengthening democracy wherever they operate. Instead, Carew Boulding shows that where democratic institutions are weak, NGOs encourage much more contentious political participation, including demonstrations, riots, and protests. Except in extreme cases of poorly functioning democratic institutions, however, the political protest that results from NGO activity is not generally anti-system or incompatible with democracy - again, as long as democracy is functioning above a minimal level.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107659384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book argues that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have an important effect on political participation in the developing world. Contrary to popular belief, they promote moderate political participation through formal mechanisms such as voting only in democracies where institutions are working well. This is a radical departure from the bulk of the literature on civil society that sees NGOs and other associations as playing a role in strengthening democracy wherever they operate. Instead, Carew Boulding shows that where democratic institutions are weak, NGOs encourage much more contentious political participation, including demonstrations, riots, and protests. Except in extreme cases of poorly functioning democratic institutions, however, the political protest that results from NGO activity is not generally anti-system or incompatible with democracy - again, as long as democracy is functioning above a minimal level.
Can NGOs Make a Difference?
Author: Anthony J. Bebbington
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848136218
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of critical new directions to thinking and acting around the challenge of development alternatives. The book's originality comes from the wide-range of new case-study material it presents, the conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about development alternatives, and the practical suggestions for NGOs. At the heart of this book is the argument that NGOs can and must re-engage with the project of seeking alternative development futures for the world's poorest and more marginal. This will require clearer analysis of the contemporary problems of uneven development, and a clear understanding of the types of alliances NGOs need to construct with other actors in civil society if they are to mount a credible challenge to disempowering processes of economic, social and political development.
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848136218
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of critical new directions to thinking and acting around the challenge of development alternatives. The book's originality comes from the wide-range of new case-study material it presents, the conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about development alternatives, and the practical suggestions for NGOs. At the heart of this book is the argument that NGOs can and must re-engage with the project of seeking alternative development futures for the world's poorest and more marginal. This will require clearer analysis of the contemporary problems of uneven development, and a clear understanding of the types of alliances NGOs need to construct with other actors in civil society if they are to mount a credible challenge to disempowering processes of economic, social and political development.
Organizing for Democracy
Author: G. Sidney Silliman
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824819470
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The number, variety, and political prominence of non-governmental organization in the Philippines present a unique opportunity to study citizen activism. Nearly 60,000 in number by some estimates, grassroots and support organizations promote the interests of farmers, the urban poor, women, and indigenous peoples. They provide an avenue for political participation and a mechanism, unequaled elsewhere in Southeast Asia, for redressing the inequities of society. Organizing for Democracy brings together the most recent research on these organizations and their programs in the first book addressing the political significance of NGOs in the Philippines.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824819470
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The number, variety, and political prominence of non-governmental organization in the Philippines present a unique opportunity to study citizen activism. Nearly 60,000 in number by some estimates, grassroots and support organizations promote the interests of farmers, the urban poor, women, and indigenous peoples. They provide an avenue for political participation and a mechanism, unequaled elsewhere in Southeast Asia, for redressing the inequities of society. Organizing for Democracy brings together the most recent research on these organizations and their programs in the first book addressing the political significance of NGOs in the Philippines.
NGOs and Promotion of Democracy and Civil Society in East-central Europe
Author: Atanas Gotchev
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789548555715
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789548555715
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere
Author: Sabine Lang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107024994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book investigates how nongovernmental organizations can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. Sabine Lang analyzes the choices that NGOs face in their work for policy change between working in institutional settings and practicing public advocacy that incorporates constituents' voices.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107024994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book investigates how nongovernmental organizations can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. Sabine Lang analyzes the choices that NGOs face in their work for policy change between working in institutional settings and practicing public advocacy that incorporates constituents' voices.
The Taming of Democracy Assistance
Author: Sarah Sunn Bush
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107069645
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Most government programs seeking to aid democracy abroad do not directly confront dictators. This book explains how organizational politics 'tamed' democracy assistance.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107069645
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Most government programs seeking to aid democracy abroad do not directly confront dictators. This book explains how organizational politics 'tamed' democracy assistance.