Isbn: 9789004209404 - empowered participation or political manipulation?: state, civil society and social funds in egypt and bolivia (international studies in sociology and social anthropology, band 120) (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorRabab El-Mahdi, Ph.D. (2005), Political Science, McGill University. Assistant Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. Co-Editor of Egypt: The Moment for Change (Zed Press, 2009). Her aticles.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Latin America and the Middle East are two of the most important regions of the South and the world, yet they have hardly been studied comparatively in social sciences. This book attempts to fill this gap in the literature through a study of civil society-state relations in Bolivia and Egypt focusing on empowered participatory institutions. Not only are these institutions important in their own right in terms of the amount of resources allocated to them, but they are an important illustration of a rising model of governance and development based on state-civil society cooperation. The study not only helps us understand the nuanced relationship between state and citizen under neoliberalism, but also gives us insights into issues of major theoretical and practical importance, specifically the impact of social reform on processes of democratization, social inclusion, and equity.…