Are civil society organizations in Africa agents of democratization, legitimators of corrupt ruling elites, agents of im
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The authors analyze the impact, limits, and evolution of various forms of clientelism and patronage throughout contempor
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Civil society is often expected to rise above historical and contemporary socio-economic forces such as the neoliberal e
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In this timely, informative edited volume, major Iranian scholars and civic actors address some of the most pressing que
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This book offers a timely analysis of the tripartite links between the middle class, civil society and democratic experi
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Since the emergence of the dissident “parallel polis” in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a “new superpower,” in
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Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub-
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Modern developed nations are rich and politically stable in part because their citizens are free to form organizations a
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Since the late 1980s the changing dynamic of global development has driven the tide of democratic expansion in the devel
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"The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois
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