Barriers to Democracy : The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World /

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Democracy-building efforts from the early 1990s on have funneled billions of dollars into nongovernmental organizations across the developing world, with the U.S. administration of George W. Bush leading the charge since 2001. But are many such ""civil society"" initiatives fatal...

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Main Author: Jamal, Amaney A., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social capital (Sociology)
Political participation.
Civil society.
Authoritarianism.
Associations, institutions, etc.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Autoritarisme > Cisjordanie.
Autoritarisme > États arabes.
Associations > Cisjordanie.
Associations > États arabes.
Capital social (Sociologie) > Cisjordanie.
Capital social (Sociologie) > États arabes.
Participation politique > Cisjordanie.
Participation politique > États arabes.
Societe civile > Cisjordanie.
Societe civile > États arabes.
Authoritarianism > West Bank.
Authoritarianism > Arab countries.
Associations, institutions, etc. > West Bank.
Associations, institutions, etc. > Arab countries.
Social capital (Sociology) > West Bank.
Social capital (Sociology) > Arab countries.
Political participation > West Bank.
Political participation > Arab countries.
Civil society > West Bank.
Civil society > Arab countries.
West Bank.
Arab countries.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Democracy-building efforts from the early 1990s on have funneled billions of dollars into nongovernmental organizations across the developing world, with the U.S. administration of George W. Bush leading the charge since 2001. But are many such ""civil society"" initiatives fatally flawed? Focusing on the Palestinian West Bank and the Arab world, Barriers to Democracy mounts a powerful challenge to the core tenet of civil society initiatives: namely, that public participation in private associations necessarily yields the sort of civic engagement that, in turn, sustains effective dem.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781400830503

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