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Importing democracy from abroad: international assistance for civil society in Romania
[monograph]
Abstract This study assesses the relation between foreign aid
and the contribution of civil society to the consolidation
of democracy in Romania. Drawing on questionnaire
data as well as internal documents the study
specifically looks at the impact of international
assistance on the participation of adv... view more
This study assesses the relation between foreign aid
and the contribution of civil society to the consolidation
of democracy in Romania. Drawing on questionnaire
data as well as internal documents the study
specifically looks at the impact of international
assistance on the participation of advocacy groups in the governmental policymaking process. On the one hand, it is shown that international assistance enhances the capacity of NGOs to mobilize advocacy coalitions and this in turn increases the effectiveness of their participation in influencing policymaking. But on the other hand, democracy assistance programs have a rather paradoxical effect by impeding NGOs’ civic
engagement with their domestic constituencies. Hence, international assistance has a mixed impact on the contribution of civil society to the consolidation of democracy: it fosters advocacy groups’ “link-up” to the governmental decision-makers while in the same time it hinders their “link-down” to ordinary people.... view less
Keywords
Romania; democratization; democracy; promotion; international aid; civil society; political influence; non-governmental organization; organizational structure; political participation; freedom of information; right to information; post-communist society
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Univ. of Oradea Press
City
Oradea
Page/Pages
XIV, 141 p.
ISBN
978-973-759-116-6
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works