ABSTRACT
This volume brings together some of the most recent scholarship on government and civil society. It examines the axis of the relationship between national governments and civil society organisations (NGOs) by highlighting commonalities as well as differences among four key regions in the world. Using the stability vs. instability framework, the book explores a range of pertinent issues, including human rights, development, foreign policy, state-building, regime change, governance frameworks, wars and civil liberties. It studies diverse situations, from those entailing comprehensive cooperation to those involving politically contentious and revolutionary activities.
With case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, global politics, international relations, sociology, development studies, global governance and public policy, as well as to those in the development sector and NGOs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
Africa
chapter 2|23 pages
African uprisings, labour and ideology in an era of renewed economic crisis
chapter 3|16 pages
Cooperation, competition or confusion?
chapter 4|28 pages
A multi-stakeholder governance framework for improved value chain support policies
part II|60 pages
Asia
part III|61 pages
Europe
chapter 8|21 pages
The third sector entering the first
chapter 10|20 pages
Cooperation, struggles, and rebounds
part IV|58 pages
Middle East and North Africa