Towards a New Role for Civil Society in the Democratization of Guatemala
Author: Tania Palencia Prado
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9782922084061
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Funding Virtue
Author: Marina Ottaway
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0870031783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe United States and many other international donors have embraced civil-society aid as a key tool of democracy promotion. This collection of essays analyzes civil-society aid in five regions - South Africa, the Philippines, Peru, Egypt and Romania - focusing on crucial issues and dilemmas.
Handbook of Global Social Policy
Author: Stuart Nagel
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-09-16
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 1482270293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscussing how to use public policy to improve the quality of life for those at the bottom of the social hierarchy, this text makes the case for policy that expands employment and facilitates jobs, finances education and economic and cultural integration, rewards merit, and encourages voting and political participation. Political scientists from around the world measure the effect of democratization, religion, ethnicity, race, and mass media on internal conflict during the initial post-Cold War period, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin and North America. Some topics include the role of mass communication on Egyptian family planning, Russian nationalism, and the Guatemalan peace process.
Divided by Faith and Ethnicity
Author: Andrea Althoff
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2014-01-31
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1614515085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo unprecedented, striking developments form part of the reality of many Latin Americans. Recent decades have seen the dramatic rise of a new religious pluralism, namely the spread of Pentecostal Christianity - Catholic and Protestant alike - and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. This study analyzes these major transitions, asking what roles ethnicity and ethnic identities play in the contemporary process of religious pluralism, such as the growth of the Protestant Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and the indigenous Maya movement in Guatemala. This book aims to provide an understanding of the agenda of religious movements, their motivations, and their impact on society. Such a pursuit is urgently needed in Guatemala, a postwar country experiencing acrimonious religious competition and a highly contentious debate on religious pluralism. This volume is relevant to scholars and students of Latin American Studies, Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Practical Theology, and Political Sciences.
Ombuds Institutions, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System
Author: Linda C. Reif
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-07-27
Total Pages: 826
ISBN-13: 9004273964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book uses comparative law and comparative international law approaches to explore the role of human rights ombuds, classic-based ombuds and other types of ombuds institutions in human rights protection and promotion, their methods of application of international and domestic human rights law and their roles in strengthening good governance. It highlights the increasing importance of national human rights ombuds institutions globally and their roles as national human rights institutions (NHRIs).
An Agenda for Democratization
Author: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Publisher: UN
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9789211006308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report will help to deepen understanding of the United Nations efforts in favour of democratization & to intensify the debate on future international action in this area for many years to come.
Civil Society & Development
Author: Jude Howell
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781588260956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSetting out to explore critically the way civil society has entered development thinking, policy and practice as a paradigmatic concept of the 21st century, Howell (development studies, U. of Sussex) and Pearce (Latin American politics, U. of Bradford) trace the historical path leading to the encounter between the ideas of development and civil society in the late 1980s and how donors have translated these into development policy an programs. They find that there are competing normative visions, which have deep roots in Western European political thought, about the role of civil society in relation to the state and market both among donors and within the societies where donors are operating. This leads to donors playing a major role in shaping the character of service provision. They also argue that their study exposes the hitherto unexplored power of the market, as opposed to solely the state, to distort donor programs. c. Book News Inc.
Civil Society in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
Author: Natalia Shapovalova
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Published: 2018-10-27
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783838212166
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is among the first comprehensive efforts to collectively and academically investigate the legacy of the Euromaidan in conflict-torn Ukraine within the domain of civil society broadly understood. The contributions to this book identify, describe, conceptualize, and explain various developments in Ukrainian civil society and its role in Ukraine's democratization, state-building, and conflict resolution by looking at specific understudied sectors and by tracing the situation before, during, and after the Euromaidan. In doing so, this trailblazing collection highlights a number of new themes, challenges, and opportunities related to Ukrainian civil society. They include volunteerism, grassroots community-based activism, social activism of churches, civic efforts of building peace and reconciliation, civic activism of journalists and digital activism, activism of think tanks, diaspora networks and the LGBT movement, challenges of civil society relations with the state, uncivil society, and the closing of civic space.
The Judicialization of Politics in Latin America
Author: Rachel Sieder
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1137108878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the last two decades the judiciary has come to play an increasingly important political role in Latin America. Constitutional courts and supreme courts are more active in counterbalancing executive and legislative power than ever before. At the same time, the lack of effective citizenship rights has prompted ordinary people to press their claims and secure their rights through the courts. This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region. With individual chapters exploring Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, it advances a comparative framework for thinking about the nature of the judicialization of politics within contemporary Latin American democracies.
Harvard Human Rights Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13:
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