Civil society and the state in Syria
Subtitle: the outsourcing of social responsibility
By: Laura Ruiz de Elvira, Tina Zintl
Contributors: Zintl, Tina
Series: St Andrews papers on contemporary Syria; St. Andrews papers on contemporary Syria
Publisher: University of St Andrews Centre for Syrian Studies; Distributed by Lynne Rienner
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Fife, Scotland, UK; Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9780955968792
Subjects: Politics and government; Civil society; Charities; Non-governmental organizations; Social conditions
Description: In recent years Syria has transferred many responsibilities for welfare functions to private charities and NGOs, while at the same time attempting to control those organizations. In this context, the authors of Civil Society and the State in Syria focus both on Christian charities and on the regime-sponsored NGOs that are attracting secular, urban Syrians. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-69).
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Welfare Privatization as Authoritarian Upgrading / Raymond Hinnebusch; title: - State-Charity Relations in Syria: Between Reinforcement, Control, and Coercion / L. Ruiz de Elvira; title: - Modernization Theory II: Western-Educated Syrians and the Authoritarian Upgrading of Civil Society / T. Zintl.