Exploring an African Civil Society : Development and Democracy in Malawi, 1994-2014 9780739184356, 9780739184349

Are civil society organizations in Africa agents of democratization, legitimators of corrupt ruling elites, agents of im

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Exploring an African Civil Society : Development and Democracy in Malawi, 1994-2014
9780739184356, 9780739184349

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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Burma faces a complex of interlinked humanitarian, social, and political crises. The situation is especially grave in ar

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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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In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, the government of the Islamic Republic initiated a stringent anti-drug campa

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In the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, the government of the Islamic Republic initiated a stringent anti-drug campa

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