02163nam 22004453u 450 991078976270332120230617012018.01-283-26148-097866132614890-8133-4620-7(CKB)2670000000108174(EBL)746908(OCoLC)777595272(MiAaPQ)EBC746908(EXLCZ)99267000000010817420130418d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Civil Society[electronic resource] The American Model And Third World DevelopmentNew York Westview Press20031 online resource (183 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8133-4077-2 CONTENTS; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Civil Society, Democracy, and Corporatism in the Third World; PART II: THEORY AND CONCEPTS; 2 Civil Society: History and Meaning(s); 3 Corporatist Systems of Civil Society; PART III: CASE STUDIES IN CIVIL SOCIETY; 4 Sub-Saharan Africa; 5 East Asia; 6 Latin America; 7 The Middle East and Islamic Society; 8 Is Civil Society Exportable?: The American Modeland Third World Development; Suggested Readings; About the Author; IndexConsiders the possibility of opening up economies and societies of the Third World to democracy; specifically the role of civil society in contributing to democracy and the varieties of civil society and state-society relations in distinct Third World areas.Economic development -- Political aspectsInformation technology -- Political aspects -- Developing countriesTechnology and state -- Developing countriesEconomic development -- Political aspects.Information technology -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.Technology and state -- Developing countries.303.483Wiarda Howard J253499AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910789762703321Civil Society3824829UNINA