Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia

ISBN-13: 9780415436014 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 216 str.

Armine Ishkanian

Opis

Considers the challenges of democracy building in post-Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society. This book explores how the growth of civil society depends on a country's historical and socio-cultural context; and how far foreign aid, provided with co

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Democracy, Civil Society and Power  2. Civil Society Participation in Elections  3. Civil Society and the Anti-Domestic Violence Campaign  4. Culture and Democracy Building  5. The Soviet Legacy and Democracy Building  6. The Voices of the Donors  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Armine Ishkanian is a Lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE) Centre for Civil Society, Department of Social Policy and a Research Associate at the LSE Centre for the Study of Global Governance. Her research interests focus on civil society, democracy building, development, and gender. She has published widely on these topics in leading journals including Social Politics, Journal of International Development, and Central Asian Survey.