NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies [electronic resource] /
Borgh, Chris van der.author.
Terwindt, Carolijn.author.
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Pressures on civil society: Trends and explanations; Background of this study; 1 Pressures on Civil Society in Partial Democracies; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Partly free, partly democratic?; 1.3 Civil society organizations and arenas of contention; 1.4 Partial democracy and pressures on civil society organizations: Tentative explanations; 2 Pressures on Political Space of NGOs; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 NGOs, political space and pressures; 2.3 Pressures on political space: An overview
2.4 Explaining pressures on NGOs2.5 Research methodology; 3 National Contexts: Partial Democratization and Civil Society; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Guatemala; 3.3 Honduras; 3.4 The Philippines; 3.5 Indonesia; 3.6 Conclusion; 4 Political Space under Pressure: Trends and Patterns; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Promotion of "sensitive" rights; 4.3 Promotion of truth, good governance and the rule of law; 4.4 Claiming natural resources; 4.5 Contesting regime legitimacy; 4.6 Insecurity; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Responses to Pressures: Defending, Claiming and Negotiating Political Space; 5.1 Introduction
5.2 Responses: An overview5.3 Defensive responses; 5.4 Proactive responses; 5.5 Conclusion; Conclusion; Annex 1 - Overview of Interviews Conducted; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Development economics.
International relations.
Latin America-Politics and gover.
Economic policy.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Development Economics.
International Relations.
Latin American Politics.
Development Policy.
Latin American Culture.
Human Rights.