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Importing democracy from abroad: international assistance for civil society in Romania
[Monographie]
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... mehr
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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Rumänien; Demokratisierung; Demokratie; Förderung; internationale Hilfe; Zivilgesellschaft; politischer Einfluss; nichtstaatliche Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; politische Partizipation; Informationsfreiheit; Informationsrecht; postkommunistische Gesellschaft
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2006
Verlag
Univ. of Oradea Press
Erscheinungsort
Oradea
Seitenangabe
XIV, 141 S.
ISBN
978-973-759-116-6
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung