Benoit Challand

Palestinian Civil Society

Foreign donors and the power to promote and exclude

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. This book looks at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from sociological, historical, legal, and institutional perspectives.

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This book is concerned with the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East with particular reference to the Palestinian case. It shows how external Western donations aimed at building civil society and democracy don't always lead to the anticipated results and documents the rise of Islamist activity often at the expense of secular, liberal movements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780415478649
• ISBN-10: 0415478642
• Artikelnr.: 25848361

Autorenporträt

Benoît Challand is a research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and has taught at the universities of Bologna, Bethlehem, Pavia and Fribourg.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: One Civil Society, Two Palestines Part 1: Clearing the
Ground 2. Debating Civil Society: Internationally and in the Arab Middle
East 3. Setting the Historical Framework on Palestinian NGOs and
International Donors Part 2: Civil Society at Work 4. International Donors
and the Professionalization of Civil Society Promotion 5. Managing the
Discourse of Civil Society 6. The Exclusionary Dimensions of Civil Society
7. Conclusions: Looking 'Beyond the Pale'