Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870031783 ISBN 13: 9780870031786

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2000

Synopsis

In recent years the United States and many other international donors have embraced civil society aid as a key tool of democracy promotion. They support thousands of NGOs around the world in the name of civil society development, investing in these organizations high hopes for fostering democratic participation and values. Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion critically examines this burgeoning field. A diverse, distinguished collection of democracy experts and civil society practitioners from both donor and recipient countries analyze civil society aid in five regions, including country case studies of South Africa, the Philippines, Peru, Egypt, and Romania. The authors focus on crucial issues and dilemmas, such as the relationship between donor conceptions of civil society and local realities, the effects of civil society programs, and how aid can be improved. The book's broad geographic reach, practical focus, and analytic rigor make it an invaluable guide to this vital new area of international affairs.

About this title

About the Author:

Marina Ottaway is director of the Carnegie Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C., USA.

Thomas Carothers is vice president for international politics and governance at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and founder and director of the Endowment's Democracy and Rule of Law Project, USA.

Synopsis:

The United States and many other international donors have embraced civil-society aid as a key tool of democracy promotion. This collection of essays analyzes civil-society aid in five regions - South Africa, the Philippines, Peru, Egypt and Romania - focusing on crucial issues and dilemmas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0870031783
• ISBN 13: 9780870031786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Marina Ottaway, Thomas Carothers