Organizing Civil Society
Title | Organizing Civil Society PDF eBook |
Author | Philip D. Oxhorn |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 396 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0271043423 |
Organizing for Democracy
Title | Organizing for Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | G. Sidney Silliman |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 348 |
Release | 1998-05-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780824820435 |
The number, variety, and political prominence of non-governmental organization in the Philippines present a unique opportunity to study citizen activism. Nearly 60,000 in number by some estimates, grassroots and support organizations promote the interests of farmers, the urban poor, women, and indigenous peoples. They provide an avenue for political participation and a mechanism, unequaled elsewhere in Southeast Asia, for redressing the inequities of society. Organizing for Democracy brings together the most recent research on these organizations and their programs in the first book addressing the political significance of NGOs in the Philippines.
Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development
Title | Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi R. Lamoreaux |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 391 |
Release | 2017-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 022642636X |
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Organizing for Community Controlled Development
Title | Organizing for Community Controlled Development PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia W. Murphy |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 2003-01-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1506382797 |
"This book is both important and timely. Written by practitioners who are also academics, the book combines solid research, observation and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for both local place-based development and greater citizen involvement. The examples they give of successful local efforts to renew neighborhoods demonstrate that change is possible and that resources are available for such purposes. Patricia W. Murphy and James V. Cunningham have provided a roadmap for rebuilding many of our communities and for strengthening the foundations of our democracy."
Civil Society
Title | Civil Society PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Edwards |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 159 |
Release | 2013-08-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0745659055 |
Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world. In this thoroughly-revised edition, Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organizing. He explains how in the future the pressures of state encroachment, resurgent individualism, and old and familiar forces of nationalism and fundamentalism in new clothes will test and re-shape the practice of citizen action in both positive and negative ways. Civil Society will help readers of all persuasions to navigate these choppy waters with greater understanding, insight and success. Colleges and universities, foundations and NGOs, public policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry – all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing poverty, inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through citizen action.
Migration and Organized Civil Society
Title | Migration and Organized Civil Society PDF eBook |
Author | Dirk Halm |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 243 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1136246495 |
Migrant organizations are of vital importance for countries of residence and countries of origin, but the empirical and theoretical knowledge of the cross-border character of migrant organizations remains incomplete. It is clear that migrant transnationalism challenges the governance of nation-states on the local and national levels. This book, the outcome of an ECPR joint session, systematically and empirically analyzes the differing roles that transnational migrant organizations play in their countries of residence and origin. Drawing on research conducted in Belgium, England, Germany, Holland, Poland and Portugal, it focuses on the relations between migrant organizations and the state. Offering an opportunity for comparative analysis, it also examines why migrants and their organizations engage in different forms of border crossing activities, and how various political systems influence, and are influenced by these forms of engagement. Migration and Organized Civil Society will be of strong interest to students and researchers of political science, political sociology, migration studies, transnationalism, and Diaspora studies.
The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Edwards |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 532 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 019933014X |
Broadly speaking, The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society views the topic of civil society through three prisms: as a part of society (voluntary associations), as a kind of society (marked out by certain social norms), and as a space for citizen action and engagement (the public square or sphere).