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Making civil society work : promoting democratic development : what can states and donors do?
Axel Hadenius,Fredrik Uggla +1 more
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In this article, the authors draw on a broad range of empirical evidence to inquire about the internal structure of a well-functioning civil society, and to propose a general model for its relations with the state.About:
This article is published in World Development.The article was published on 1996-10-01. It has received 231 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Civil society & Socioeconomic development.read more
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Peacebuilding and the Limits of Liberal Internationalism
TL;DR: In the post-cold war era, the problem of determining what to do once the fighting stops has been a topic of considerable debate among policymakers and students of conflict management as mentioned in this paper.
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NGOs, civil society and democratization: a critical review of the literature
TL;DR: The authors argue that the role of NGOs in the politics of development is far more complex than much of the NGO literature would suggest, and call for a more contextualized and less value-laden approach to the understanding of the political role of organisations.
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Confronting the classification problem: Toward a taxonomy of NGOs
TL;DR: This paper outlines past efforts to classify NGOs and presents a classification framework that focuses on two types of descriptors: essential and contingent, and implications of the proposed scheme for research and practice are discussed.
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Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework
Weibing Zhao,J. R. Brent Ritchie +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an integrative research framework, which synthesises multiple perspectives and can be used as an overarching guideline to stimulate and guide other future enquiries on tourism and poverty alleviation.
Missing link or analytically missing? the concept of social capital
John Harriss,P De Renzio +1 more
TL;DR: A substantial review of the ways in which the concept of social capital has been used in the recent theoretical and policy literatures can be found in this paper, where it is concluded that policy arguments which pose civil society against the state, or which rest on the view that rich endowment in ''social capital'' is a precondition for good government, are almost certainly misconceived.
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