Power to the people? : (con-)tested civil society in search of democracy / edited by Heide Moksnes and Mia Melin.

• Introduction / Heidi Moksnes -- Contested notions of civil society / Lars Trägårdh -- Civil society in Latin America: Participatory citizens or service providers? / Evelina Dagnino --?Civil society and democratic change in Asia / Nandini Sundar -- Civil society and democratisation of the Arab world / Hamdi A Hassan -- Making collective demands on tyranny: Social movements and resistance in Harare / Amin Kamete -- Tensions in civil society participation in governance and politics in Africa / Duncan Okello -- Session: Latin American ciudadania or citizenship : different notions of citizens and political participation -- Introduction / Veronica Melander -- Can politics of ciudadani?a move social movements forward? / Cristia?n Alarco?n Ferrari -- How civil society participates in multilateral political processes / Viviane Espinoza -- Civil society's "crime against the state of Nicaragua" / Ola Segnestam Larsson -- Session: Religious discourses as part of civil society formation in Asia -- Introduction / Ann Kull -- Towards theologising democracy in Muslim Southeast Asia / Azhar Ibrahim -- Utilising multiplicity of religions as a basis of civil society development / Sanaya Singh -- Institutionalised Buddhist ideology and civil society formation / M F M Fawas -- Getting the Church onboard: Frame-bridging in an agrarian reform campaign in the Philippines / Lennart Niemela [in the printed publication, this article was omitted by mistake] -- Session: The role of Middle East society in democratisation -- Introduction / Michael Schulz -- Public diplomacy initiatives and social media : ways to support opinion leaders in the Middle East / Javeria Rizvi Kabani -- Palestinian NGOs and international donors / Carin Berg -- Session: African governments, civil society and democracy -- Introduction / Henning Melber -- Civil society in the making: Can NGOs contribute to development and democracy? / Lina Suleiman -- Changing government: Alliance politics in Nigeria's civil society / Björn Beckman -- Bridge over troubled waters / Tamuka H Muzondo -- Session: Contradictory interests within civil society: Open conflicts and new state-civil society relations -- Introduction / Henrik Berglund -- A triangle of peace, politics and people's voice: Nepal / Bala Raju Nikku --?Democratic space in Cambodia / Jan-Erik Wa?nn -- NGOs providing support to migrant workers in China / Chloe? Froissart -- Session: Gendered participation in civil society: New spaces for women or a less powerful road? -- Introduction / Edme? Dominguez --?Women and the public sphere: West Bengal / Dayabati Roy -- Active Aymara women inside and outside of Parliament / Charlotta Widmark -- Women of Pakistan: Giving voice to the voiceless in Swat / Tasneem Ahmar -- Session: Uncivil attachments: The role of ethnic affiliations, kinship bonds and patron-client relations in contemporary popular politics -- Introduction / Bengt G Karlsson -- Indonesia's (un)civil society and the future of democracy / Verena Beittinger-Lee -- Civil and not-so-civil forms of protest in West Bengal / Kenneth Bo Nielsen -- Displacement in democracy / Staffan Löfving -- Session: Civil society and the demands from donors: Caught between a rock and a hard place -- Introduction / Helena Bjuremalm -- Local vs global civil society: Religious backlash against NGOs in Bangladesh / Manzurul Mannan -- Evaluation in NGO development cooperation: Room for communities of inquiry? / Tiina Kontinen -- The importance of the Paris Agenda and new emerging donors on child rights in civil society / Eva Geidenmark.

Ämnesord

Demokratisering  (sao)

Politiskt deltagande  (sao)

democracy  (agrovoc)

citizen participation  (agrovoc)

Democratization  (LCSH)

Political participation  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Oc Statskunskap och politik

Klassifikation

321.8 (DDC)

Oc (kssb/8)