Government and Society School: Role of Non-Governmental Orginisation in the time of revolution in Egypt

ISBN-13: 9783656101918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 70 str.

Manal Mehanna

Opis

Professorial Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: merit, University of Birmingham (government and society school), course: Human Resouce management and development, language: English, abstract: This research study aims to highlight the roles of NGOs as a part of civil society during the time of revolution or political changes. The study has taken the Egyptian revolution as a case study to answer the questions as to whether NGOs can play any role during the time of a revolution, and what are the NGOs' roles are before and after a revolution. The study demonstrates the roles of NGOs in three times around a revolution: before, during and after, through interviews conducted in Egypt with different categories of respondents. This study presents the NGOs' direct and indirect roles throughout the time prior to and during the revolution. In addition the study explains the crucial role of the NGOs after the revolution, in this case to rebuild a new Egypt and participate in strengthening the civil society of Egypt. Keywords: Non-government organisation (NGOs), political changes, revolution, Egypt.