Overview
- Tests the common assumption that capacity building civil society is effective in strengthening democratisation
- Points the way to some hard re-thinking about approaches to development assistance
- Provides an original contribution to the field by combining thorough theoretical examination with examination of two dissimilar case studies
Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies. A vibrant civil society is usually perceived as an important ingredient of democracy, but does this hold for civil society in weak states as well? What does civil society look like in contexts of state weakness? How much and what kind of political influence does it have in such settings? And are its actors really capable and willing to contribute to democracy in states where independent and legal bureaucratic institutions are weak? Addressing each of these questions, the author points the way to some hard re-thinking about the basis for and approach to development assistance to and via local civil society, with crucial repercussions for the ways in which international development assistance is designed and funded.
The chapter 'Analysing Civil Society in Weak States' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jasmin Lorch is affiliated with the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg. She was previously Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) and the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 700) on ‘Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood’ in Berlin, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civil Society and Mirror Images of Weak States
Book Subtitle: Bangladesh and the Philippines
Authors: Jasmin Lorch
Series Title: Governance and Limited Statehood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55462-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55461-1Published: 16 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55462-8Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-8944
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8952
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 280
Topics: Public Policy, Political Communication, Democracy, African Politics, Asian Politics, Development Studies
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking