Civil society
Subtitle: the American model and Third World development
By: Howard J. Wiarda.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Civil society -- Developing countries; Corporate state -- Developing countries; Comparative government; United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1 Civil society, democracy, and corporatism in the Third World; title: Policy focus and audience; title: Background and main questions; title: Part II: Theory and concepts; title: 2 Civil society: history and meaning(s); title: 3 Corporatist systems of civil society; title: The political theory and tradition of corporatism; title: Part III: Case studies in civil society; title: Sub-Saharan Africa; title: Socioeconomic indicators; title: Analysis and case studies; title: South Africa; title: Elements of political culture; title: Civil society and state-society relations; title: The international context; title: Conclusion; title: East Asia; title: Structural change and Asian state-society relations; title: The international context.