Weak States, Uncivil Societies and Thousands of NGOs: Benevolent Colonialism in the Balkans
Författare
Redaktör
- Sanimir Resic
- Barbara Törnquist-Plewa
Summary, in English
This paper discusses whether the Western democracy promotion project of exporting civil society to the Balkans is a form of colonialism. In particular, it deals with they system of project life, and project culture which has structured Western development interventions. Examples come from the author's own work as consultant in Bosnia, Albania and Romania in the field of civil society/NGO development
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2002
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
27-44
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
The Balkans in Focus: Cultural Boundaries in Europe
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Ämne
- Social Anthropology
Nyckelord
- uncivil society
- NGOs
- social anthropology
- civil society
- colonialism
- Balkans
- Bosnia
- Albania
- capacity building
- democracy promotion
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 9189116380