Palestinian Civil Society : Foreign donors and the power to promote and exclude

ISBN-13: 9780415478649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 266 str.

Benoît Challand

Opis

This book is concerned with the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East with particular reference to the Palestinian case. It shows how external Western donations aimed at building civil society and democracy don’t always lead to the anticipated results and documents the rise of Islamist activity often at the expense of secular, liberal movements.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: One Civil Society, Two Palestines  Part 1: Clearing the Ground  2. Debating Civil Society: Internationally and in the Arab Middle East  3. Setting the Historical Framework on Palestinian NGOs and International Donors  Part 2: Civil Society at Work  4. International Donors and the Professionalization of Civil Society Promotion  5. Managing the Discourse of Civil Society  6. The Exclusionary Dimensions of Civil Society  7. Conclusions: Looking ‘Beyond the Pale’

O autorze

Benoît Challand is a research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and has taught at the universities of Bologna, Bethlehem, Pavia and Fribourg.