The Power and Limits of NGOs
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The Power and Limits of NGOs

A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

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The Power and Limits of NGOs

A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

About this book

Since the end of the Cold War, a virtual army of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the United States, Britain, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe have flocked to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. These NGOs are working on such diverse tasks as helping to establish competitive political parties, elections, and independent media, as well as trying to reduce ethnic conflict.

This important book is among the few efforts to assess the impact of these international efforts to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process.

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Yes, you can access The Power and Limits of NGOs by Sarah E. Mendelson,John K. Glenn, Sarah Mendelson, John Glenn in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Democracy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents 
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of Contributors
  10. Chapter 1. Introduction: Transnational Networks and NGOs in Postcommunist Societies
  11. Chapter 2. International Actors and Women’s NGOs in Poland and Hungary
  12. Chapter 3. Evaluating Western Assistance to Russian Women’s Organizations
  13. Chapter 4. International Assistance and the Development of Independent Mass Media in the Czech and Slovak Republics
  14. Chapter 5. Western and Russian Environmental NGOs: A Greener Russia?
  15. Chapter 6. Environmental NGOs in Kazakhstan: Democratic Goals and Nondemocratic Outcomes
  16. Chapter 7. International Democracy Assistance In Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Building Civil Society from the Outside?
  17. Chapter 8. International NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Attempting to Build Civil Society
  18. Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Transnational Democracy Networks in Postcommunist Societies
  19. Index