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Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab Wthe Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World Or

Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab Wthe Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World Or

Jamal, Amaney

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General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0691140995
ISBN13: 9780691140995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Jul 26 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.16
Language: English

Democracy-building efforts from the early 1990s on have funneled billions of dollars into nongovernmental organizations across the developing world, with the U.S. administration of George W. Bush leading the charge since 2001. But are many such civil society initiatives fatally flawed? Focusing on the Palestinian West Bank and the Arab world, Barriers to Democracy mounts a powerful challenge to the core tenet of civil society initiatives: namely, that public participation in private associations necessarily yields the sort of civic engagement that, in turn, sustains effective democratic institutions. Such assertions tend to rely on evidence from states that are democratic to begin with. Here, Amaney Jamal investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic.

Jamal argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship--such as support for the regime in power. Thus, any assessment of the influence of associational life on civic life must take into account political contexts, including the relationships among associations, their leaders, and political institutions.


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