Civil Society and Mirror Images of Weak States: Bangladesh and the Philippines

ISBN-13: 9781137554611 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 280 str.

Jasmin Lorch

Opis

This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies.

Spis treści

1)           Introduction

 

            1.1             Civil Society in Normative Theory and Empirical Reality

            1.2             State Weakness in Academic and Policy Discourse

            1.3             Research Question, Methodology and Research Techniques

            1.4             Empirical Starting Point: Civil Society and Weak Democracy in

Bangladesh and the Philippines

            1.5             Structure of the Book

 

 

2)           Analysing Civil Society in Weak States

 

            2.1             The State as the Context of Action for Civil Society

            2.2             Civil Society in a Context Where Non-State Actors Perform Functions

Normally Ascribed to the State

            2.3             Civil Society in the Context of Power Centre Competition

            2.4             Civil Society in the Context of Patronage and Corruption

            2.5             Civil Society in the Context of Violence and Insecurity

            2.6             The Intervening Variable: The Impact of Foreign Aid

 

 

3)            State Weakness and Civil Society in Bangladesh

 

            3.1             Civil Society in a Context Where Non-State Actors Perform Functions

Normally Ascribed to the State

            3.2             Civil Society in the Context of Power Centre Competition

            3.3             Civil Society in the Context of Patronage and Corruption

            3.4             Civil Society in the Context of Violence and Insecurity

 

4)           State Weakness and Civil Society in the Philippines

 

            4.1                         Civil Society in a Context where Non-State Actors Perform Functions              Normally Ascribed to the State.

            4.2             Civil Society in the Context of Power Centre Competition

            4.3             Civil Society in the Context of Patronage and Corruption

            4.4             Civil Society in the Context of Violence and Insecurity

 

5)           Mirror Images of Weak States: Civil Societies in Bangladesh and the Philippines

 

            5.1             Civil Society in a Context Where Non-State Actors Perform Functions

Normally Ascribed to the State

5.2                          Civil Society in the Context of Power Centre Competition

5.3              Civil Society in the Context of Patronage and Corruption

5.4              Civil Society in the Context of Violence and Insecurity

 

 

6)           Conclusion and Debate

 

            6.1             Implications for the Theoretical Debate

            6.2                         Avenues for Future Research

            6.3             Practical Implications for International Development Cooperation

            6.4             Current Challenges for Donors in Bangladesh and the Philippines

O autorze

Jasmin Lorch is affiliated with the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg. She was previously Research Associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) and the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 700) on ‘Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood’ in Berlin, Germany.

Blurb

This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies. A vibrant civil society is usually perceived as an important ingredient of democracy, but does this hold for civil society in weak states as well? What does civil society look like in contexts of state weakness? How much and what kind of political influence does it have in such settings? And are its actors really capable and willing to contribute to democracy in states where independent and legal bureaucratic institutions are weak? Addressing each of these questions, the author points the way to some hard re-thinking about the basis for and approach to development assistance to and via local civil society, with crucial repercussions for the ways in which international development assistance is designed and funded.
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