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Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation? State, Civil Society and Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia.

El-Mahdi, Rabab.

Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation? State, Civil Society and Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2011 . - International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology 120. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223165. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Chapter One. Introduction / Chapter Two. Civil Society, The State, Neoliberalism, And Social Policy / Chapter Three. Two Civil Societies: History And Evolution / Chapter Four. The Egyptian Social Fund For Development: Is It Such A Failure? / Chapter Five. The Bolivian Fund: Is It Really The Model? / Chapter Six. Engineering Consent: The De-Politicization Of The Political / Appendix: A Note On Research Methodology And Techniques / Postscript / Interviews / Bibliography / Index / R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi -- R. El-Mahdi.

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Latin America and the Middle East are two of the most important regions of the South and the world, yet they have hardly been studied comparatively in social sciences. This book attempts to fill this gap in the literature through a study of civil society-state relations in Bolivia and Egypt focusing on empowered participatory institutions. Not only are these institutions important in their own right in terms of the amount of resources allocated to them, but they are an important illustration of a rising model of governance and development based on state-civil society cooperation. The study not only helps us understand the nuanced relationship between state and citizen under neoliberalism, but also gives us insights into issues of major theoretical and practical importance, specifically the impact of social reform on processes of democratization, social inclusion, and equity.

9789004210028

10.1163/ej.9789004209404.i-204 DOI


Civil society--Egypt.
Institution building--Citizen participation.--Bolivia
Institution building--Citizen participation.--Egypt
Social planning--Citizen participation.--Bolivia
Social planning--Citizen participation.--Egypt

HN786.A8 / E36 2011

300.962