Browsing by Subject "civil society"
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Amicable Contempt: The Strategic Balance between Dictators and International NGOs
(2017)Over the past decade, international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) have become increasingly active in authoritarian regimes as they respond to emergencies, assist with development, or advocate for human rights. Though ... -
Granting Voice to Civil Society: Testing the Indexing Hypothesis in American, Israeli, and Lebanese Newspaper Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(2010-12-10)This study tests W. Lance Bennett’s indexing hypothesis in The New York Times (USA), The Jerusalem Post (Israel), and the Daily Star (Lebanon), analyzing their coverage of the Israeli disengagement from the Gaza strip from ... -
Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf
(Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper, 2014-06-12)In the pre-modern Middle East the closest thing to an autonomous private organization was the Islamic waqf. This non-state institution inhibited political participation, collective action, and rule of law, among other indicators ... -
Where Is the Sandinista Spirit?: Nicaraguan Women’s NGOs and the Return of Daniel Ortega
(2010-12)When Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Front for National Liberation lost the presidential election of 1990 to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro of the National Opposition Union, the autonomous women’s movement began and the number ...