1st Edition
Palestinian Civil Society Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude
By Benoît Challand
Copyright 2009
280 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Palestinian Civil Society examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. Looking at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from sociological, historical, legal, and institutional perspectives, the book sheds light on the involvement of donors in Palestine, and the effect... Read more
1. Introduction: One Civil Society, Two Palestines Part 1: Clearing the Ground 2. Debating Civil Society: Internationally and in the Arab Middle East 3. Setting the Historical Framework on Palestinian NGOs and International Donors Part 2: Civil Society at Work 4. International Donors and the Professionalization of Civil Society Promotion 5. Managing the Discourse of Civil Society 6. The Exclusionary Dimensions of Civil Society 7. Conclusions: Looking ‘Beyond the Pale’
Biography
Benoît Challand is a research fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) and has taught at the universities of Bologna, Bethlehem, Pavia and Fribourg.
