Article: MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS: Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World

Article: Reforms are key to bringing about change in Arab world.
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates);  October 16, 2008 ;     632 words ...Byline: Civil society leaders agreed...reform in the Arab world is a necessity...luxury. Dubai: Civil society leaders agreedAaon...reform in the Arab world is a necessity...reform in the Arab world, this forum has engaged civil society and ...

Article: The evolving structure of civil society and the state in Pakistan.(GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY)(Report)
Pakistan Development Review;  December 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The 'Civil Society' is the newest factor in the development equation, and the strengthening of civil society is the latest addition to the agenda...probe into the structure of Pakistan's civil society. The civil society in Pakistan--or...

Article: Civil society in Singapore: popular discourses and concepts.
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The character of a civil society is largely dependent on contemporary...philosopher and economist, respectively, civil society was envisaged as a regulatory...drew clear distinctions between civil society, family, and the state (Ehrenberg...

Article: Cuban Civil Society: I. Reinterpreting the Debate
NACLA Report on the Americas;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ANY ANALYSIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA faces two major difficulties...ambiguities in the way the concept of civil society is used in the contemporary social...from the liberal use of the term "civil society" in conflicting political discourse...

Article: THE FALSE DAWN OF CIVIL SOCIETY.(debatable whether civil society can solve society's problems)
The Nation;  February 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Civil society--a broad term denoting the wide range...Michael Clough to assess the role of civil society in the governance of an unruly world...The Editors When we put our faith in civil society, we are grasping at straws. Apart from...

Article: Civil Society in the Middle East
Domes;  October 31, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Ibrahim's "Civil Society and prospects...Democratization in the Arab World." The author...ingredients of civil society prevail in the Arab world, in spite...development, and civil society. He claims...particularities, the Arab world is ...

Article: Civil society and democratic transformation in the Arab world
The Middle East Journal;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......annual reports on Civil Society and Democratic Transformation in the Arab World (Al-Mujtama` al-Mada...introduction on civil society in the Arab world, written by Sa...The construct of civil society in the Arab world is placed in historical...

Article: Fighting honor crimes: Evidence of civil society in Jordan
The Middle East Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......possibilities for civil society in the Arab world and the difficulties...strongest groups in civil society in the Arab world, challenge their...emerging, vibrant civil society "provides much...prospects in the Arab world."6 Citizens are...

Article: Civil Society: Challenging Western Models
Journal of Political and Military Sociology;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Discussion and debate concerning the concept civil society has appeared in both scholarly literature...Perspectives reflected include (a) civil society as one of three major segments of a...market sector and government. Thus, civil society is seen historically as very influential...

Article: The World Council of Churches and international civil society.
The Ecumenical Review;  January 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...The term civil society is being used today for a variety...that most people who speak about civil society would typically include among its...of Christians. For the most part, civil society has been understood as a phenomenon...

Article: Gender studies for a civil society: a Russian experience.
Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The terms civil society, gender, and gender studies have...world. In different world regions, civil society arises under different conditions...ways and in different situations, civil society and gender evidently influence and...

Article: Civil Society and Political Change in Asia: Expanding and Contracting Democratic Space.
Journal of East Asian Studies;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Civil Society and Political Change in Asia: Expanding and Contracting...As the scholarly and political attention on civil society continues to surge, particularly in a region where civil society space may still be limited by strong states...

Article: Civil is not good enough. (civil society)
Current;  December 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...For decades, the idea of civil society was of interest mainly to scholars...political spectrum increasingly point to civil society as the solution. Such hopes are almost surely overdrawn. Civil society, and its role in American society...

Article: Civil society in Nepal: in search of reality.(Report)
Contributions to Nepalese Studies;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Background In recent years 'Civil Society' has become a slogan for sociologists...discourse on the modern concept of civil society in Nepal is fairly new despite age...practices. But those civic practices of civil society based on traditional voluntarism were...