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Women, Civil Society and the Geopolitics of Democratization book cover

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Women, Civil Society and the Geopolitics of Democratization

By Denise M. Horn Copyright 2010
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Over the past decade, democratization and civil society promotion became key variables in preserving global security and the liberal economic market. This book examines the prevalence of democratization policies as a hegemonic geopolitical tool; these policies represent a concerted political effort in which civil society organizations are manipulated through funding strategies. Denise Horn offers... Read more

Part 1: Constructing Gender and Democratization Within a Framework of Geopolitics  1. Gentle Invasions: Creating Pro-American and Pro-European Spaces for Global Democracy  2. Gentle Invasions and the Development of Civil Society in Transitional States  3. Post-Soviet US and EU Foreign Policy: Exploiting the Tools of Democratization  Part 2: Case Studies: Gentle Invasions and the Newly Independent States  4. Setting the Agenda: US and Nordic Gender Policies in the Estonian Transition to Democracy  5. Constructing Agency: Civil Society and Gender Identity in Moldova  6. Gentle Invasions: Universally Applicable or Culturally Specific?

Biography

Denise M. Horn is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Her research examines the effects of US foreign funding in the development of civil society in transitional states, particularly in the areas of women's issues and women's NGOs.

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