ISBN:
9781137291080
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (249 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Series Statement:
Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Civil society and democracy promotion
DDC:
300.947
Keywords:
Europe-Politics and government
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Osteuropa
;
Zivilgesellschaft
;
Demokratisierung
;
Forderung
Abstract:
With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil society development
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Democracy Promotion and Civil Society: Conceptualizing the Link; 2 External Democracy Promotion and Divided Civil Society - The Missing Link; 3 Democracy Promotion and Civil Society: Regime Types, Transitions Modes and Effects; Part II: Democracy Promoters: Actors, Objectives, and Approaches; 4 From the Unity of Goodness to Conflicting Objectives: The Inherent Tensions in the External Promotion of Democracy and Civil Society; 5 The Changing Nature of EU Support to Civil Society
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Making Transnational Democracy and Human Rights Activism Work? On the Trade-Offs of Eastern EU Support for Civil Society Development AbroadPart III: Civil Society: Developments and Consequences; 7 Democratization from Below: Civil Society versus Social Movements?; 8 Engineered Civil Society: The Impact of 20 Years of Democracy Promotion on Civil Society Development in Former Soviet Countries; 9 Who Is Supported by Western Civil Society Promotion? The Russian Case; 10 Participation in Civil Society Organizations and Political Parties in Post-Communist Europe: The Impact of Political Divides
Description / Table of Contents:
Part IV: Concluding Remarks11 Democracy Promotion and Civil Society in Eastern Europe: Conclusions; Index
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