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NGOs, Policy Networks and Political Opportunities in Hybrid Regimes

Author : Mohsen Moheimany
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813362243
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book NGOs, Policy Networks and Political Opportunities in Hybrid Regimes written by Mohsen Moheimany and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the diversity and resilience in a hybrid regime where civil society organisations are either provided with complex sets of opportunities or face severe constraints. By studying the case of Iran between 1997 and 2013, it shows how the Islamic Republic regime went into two opposite directions under two presidencies and played in-between supporting and suppressing advocacy NGOs. After accommodating a novel theoretical framework enabling scholars to identify the contributing factors of diversity in the regime, four case-study chapters are designated for comparing the women’s rights and environmental NGOs across local and national governments. These two political and technical policy areas demonstrate the different scopes of freedoms for advocacy NGOs. The contrasting narratives of the civil activists and policymakers imply paradoxes and shifts in the arrangement of opportunities for action and advocacy, although the leadership and structure of the regime remained unchanged during the period of study.

Political Opportunities for NGOs in Hybrid Regimes

Author : Mohsen Moheimany
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Political Opportunities for NGOs in Hybrid Regimes written by Mohsen Moheimany and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hybrid political system of Iran creates political opportunities for advocacy NGOs depending on the political ideology of the ruling elite, the issue of a policy domain, and the level of government. Variations in these factors create fundamentally different types of policy networks, which dynamically function as sub-polities of the political regime. They provide advocacy NGOs with different constraints and opportunities regarding their different structures, which are characterised by the composition of actors, the interrelations between them, and the institutions. In this study, the argument is that the public policy arena of Iran is differentiated, and accordingly, policy networks vary from one area to another, and therefore, the agency of advocacy NGOs in them vary. This argument is sustained by case studies of policy networks at provincial and national levels, in the women-rights and environmental policy domains, and across the politically liberal government of Khatami (1997-2005) and the conservative government of Ahmadinejad (2005-2013). The study suggests that other hybrid regimes should be considered like Iran as well: differentiated, rather than monoliths. Therefore, we might expect similar variations in the scope of advocacy NGOs within hybrid regimes.

Barriers to Effective Civil Society Organisations

Author : Ibrahim Natil
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000163881
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Barriers to Effective Civil Society Organisations written by Ibrahim Natil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an insight into the historical changes and present-day circumstances that have influenced, and continue to influence, the development and future of civil society. Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a crucial role in international development, however their impact on policy and practice is limited by a range of shifts across their political, social and financial landscapes. Barriers to Effective Civil Society Organisations is divided into three parts addressing each of these shifts in turn, and places particular emphasis on civil society actors linked not only by political constraints, but also by ethnic and cultural diversities that are crucial markers of political and social identity. This book draws on case studies from across Latin America, Africa, MENA and Ireland to highlight how CSOs in these countries are shaped by, and react to, shifting challenges. Reflecting on solutions for the sector, the authors provide an understanding of the various ‘self-accommodation’ policies and techniques employed by CSOs in order to continue their services and increase their credibility across global contexts. Aimed at researchers, policy makers and CSO/NGO workers looking to better understand the current state and future of the sector from the perspective of emerging scholars working in these regions, and in the Global South in particular, this innovative book is a celebration of the important work of CSOs and a reaffirmation of their right to sit at the policy table.

New Leadership of Civil Society Organisations

Author : Ibrahim Natil
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000624315
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book New Leadership of Civil Society Organisations written by Ibrahim Natil and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the political, social, and economic dynamics and structures that influence the leadership of Civil Society Organisations at the local, national, and global levels. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) play an increasingly important role in the political, economic, and social dynamics that shape daily lives across the world. Encompassing a diverse range of organisations, objectives, and activities, the CSO sector is an expansive terrain characterised by dynamic relationships between leaders, agents of action, the communities, and the global challenges that drive their agenda, which span from poverty to climate emergency to injustice to inequalities. Drawing on case studies from Brazil, India, Yemen, Syria, Iran, and Turkey, this book explores the distinct challenges faced by CSO leaders, their current operational practices, and their strategies for future development. The book highlights the roles, contributions, and challenges of young CSO leaders in particular, at a time when they are taking an increasingly active role as agents for change and development. Overall, the book emphasises the ways in which CSO leaders are not only shaped by profound challenges such as Covid-19, but also proactively react and respond. It will be of interest to researchers across the fields of global development, business studies, peacebuilding, international relations, and civil society.

NGO Accountability

Author : Lisa Jordan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136560424
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book NGO Accountability written by Lisa Jordan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or attempts to 'roll-back' NGOs to a more one-dimensional function as organizers of national and global charity. Input and case studies are provided from NGOs such as ActionAid, and from every part of the globe including China, Indonesia and Uganda. In the spirit of moving towards greater accountability the book looks in detail at innovations that have developed from within NGOs and offers new approaches and flexible frameworks that enable accountability to become a reality for all parties worldwide.

Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes

Author : Miklós Sebők
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030732231
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes by : Miklós Sebők

Download or read book Policy Agendas in Autocracy, and Hybrid Regimes written by Miklós Sebők and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past thirty years the comparative study of policy agendas under the aegis of the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) has become one of the fastest growing sub-field in policy research. Yet, similarly to policy studies in general, most of the agenda-setting literature focuses on well-established democracies. This edited volume offers a ground-breaking analysis of a hitherto less examined topic in comparative politics: the dynamics of policy agendas in Socialist autocracy and in hybrid regimes. We propose that policymaking in authoritarian and illiberal regimes is different from the practices of democracies which we analyse based on a unique historical policy agendas database built by the Hungarian CAP team at the Centre for Social Sciences in Budapest. We find that punctuated equilibrium theory offers a good description of policy dynamics regardless of policy regimes, yet punctuations are more pronounced in autocratic and illiberal settings. These regime types also share a tendency towards centralization, a less efficient use of public information and a suppression of democratic participation in the policy process. This book may be of interest to scholars and students of policy studies, agenda-setting and the politics of authoritarianism.

The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes

Author : Graeme B. Robertson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139491865
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes written by Graeme B. Robertson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the Cold War, more and more countries feature political regimes that are neither liberal democracies nor closed authoritarian systems. Most research on these hybrid regimes focuses on how elites manipulate elections to stay in office, but in places as diverse as Bolivia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela, protest in the streets has been at least as important as elections in bringing about political change. The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes builds on previously unpublished data and extensive fieldwork in Russia to show how one high-profile hybrid regime manages political competition in the workplace and in the streets. More generally, the book develops a theory of how the nature of organizations in society, state strategies for mobilizing supporters, and elite competition shape political protest in hybrid regimes.

International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law

Author : Amichai Magen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134058144
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law by : Amichai Magen

Download or read book International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law written by Amichai Magen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how external influences and international actors can help hybrid regimes, which display minimal elements of an electoral democracy, to be transformed into a quality democracy.

NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere

Author : Sabine Lang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107024994
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere written by Sabine Lang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how nongovernmental organizations can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. Sabine Lang analyzes the choices that NGOs face in their work for policy change between working in institutional settings and practicing public advocacy that incorporates constituents' voices.

Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics

Author : Peter Willetts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136848533
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics written by Peter Willetts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Amnesty International and Oxfam to Greenpeace and Save the Children are now key players in global politics. This accessible and informative textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the significant role and increasing participation of NGOs in world politics. Peter Willetts examines the variety of different NGOs, their structure, membership and activities, and their complex relationship with social movements and civil society. He makes us aware that there are many more NGOs exercising influence in the United Nations system than the few famous ones. Conventional thinking is challenged in a radical manner on four questions: the extent of the engagement of NGOs in global policy- making; the status of NGOs within international law; the role of NGOs as crucial pioneers in the creation of the Internet; and the need to integrate NGOs within mainstream international relations theory. This is the definitive guide to this crucial area within international politics and should be required reading for students, NGO activists, and policy-makers.

Can NGOs Make a Difference?

Author : Anthony J. Bebbington
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136218
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Can NGOs Make a Difference? written by Anthony J. Bebbington and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of critical new directions to thinking and acting around the challenge of development alternatives. The book's originality comes from the wide-range of new case-study material it presents, the conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about development alternatives, and the practical suggestions for NGOs. At the heart of this book is the argument that NGOs can and must re-engage with the project of seeking alternative development futures for the world's poorest and more marginal. This will require clearer analysis of the contemporary problems of uneven development, and a clear understanding of the types of alliances NGOs need to construct with other actors in civil society if they are to mount a credible challenge to disempowering processes of economic, social and political development.

The Global Politics of Local Conservation

Author : Andrew Heffernan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031241770
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Global Politics of Local Conservation written by Andrew Heffernan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia. CBNRM and similar forms of conservation across southern Africa have long been studied for their potential benefits as domestic policy tools to help improve sustainable development. However, they have often failed to achieve their stated goals. By assessing the initiation, design, implementation and outcomes of CBNRM, the book argues that communities are often unable to attain the degree of empowerment that these forms of resource governance promise. It also considers the impact of climate change on CBNRM programmes, and the responses of international actors involved in their governance. In doing so, the book demonstrates how the power imbalances that are built into the global political economy have ensured that those most marginalized in society are no better off as a result of this new form of resource governance. It will appeal to all those interested in CBNRM, conservation studies and environmental governance in Africa, as well political economy and international relations.

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics

Author : Jeannie Sowers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197515037
Total Pages : 873 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics written by Jeannie Sowers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics' explores some of the most important environmental issues through the lens of comparative politics, including energy, climate change, food, health, urbanization, waste, and sustainability. The chapters delve into more traditional forms of comparative environmental politics (CEP) - the political economy of natural resources and the role of corporations and supply chains - while also showcasing new trends in CEP scholarship, particularly the comparative study of environmental injustice and intersectional inequities.

Beyond the Boomerang

Author : Christopher L. Pallas
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817321144
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Boomerang written by Christopher L. Pallas and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The types of actors involved in transnational advocacy have diversified. Northern NGOs have lost power and influence and been restricted in their access to southern states. Southern NGOs have developed a capacity to undertake advocacy on their own and often built closer relationships with their own governments. International institutions have become more open to southern NGOs and more skeptical of southern NGOs' claims to speak for southern populations. The result is that the boomerang theory, although still useful, no longer provides the broad explanation for advocacy. A wealth of recent articles (many by contributors to this volume) showed a growing scholarly recognition of the need for new theory. "Beyond the Boomerang" offers cutting-edge scholarship and synthesizes a new theoretical framework to develop a coherent, integrated picture of the current dynamics in global advocacy. .

Politics and Governance in the Middle East

Author : Vincent Durac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350336505
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Governance in the Middle East written by Vincent Durac and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook offers a systematic and up-to-date introduction to politics and society in the Middle East. Taking a thematic approach that engages with core theory as well as a wide range of research, it examines postcolonial political, social and economic developments in the region, while also scrutinising the domestic and international factors that have played a central role in these developments. Topics covered include the role of religion in political life, gender and politics, the Israel-Palestine conflict, civil war in Syria, the ongoing threat posed by Islamist groups such as Islamic State as well as the effects of increasing globalisation across the MENA. Following the ongoing legacy of the Arab Spring, it pays particular attention to the tension between processes of democratization and the persistence of authoritarian rule in the region. This new edition offers: - Coverage of the latest developments, with expanded coverage of the military and security apparatus, regional conflict and the Arab uprisings - Textboxes linking key themes to specific historical events, figures and concepts - Comparative spotlight features focusing on the politics and governance of individual countries. This is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students approaching Middle Eastern politics for the first time.

Research Handbook on Democracy and Development

Author : Gordon Crawford
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788112652
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on Democracy and Development written by Gordon Crawford and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring and updating the controversial debates about the relationship between democracy and development, this Research Handbook provides clarification on the complex and nuanced interlinkages between political regime type and socio-economic development. Distinguished scholars examine a broad range of issues from multidisciplinary perspectives across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.