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1 online resource |
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Democratization studies |
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Democratization studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Argument in brief; Research design and methodology; Outline of the study; Notes; 1 Theoretical framework; Micro-macro link; External factors, human empowerment and participant political culture; Youth as "agents of change"; The argument: bypass democracy assistance and why it matters; Notes; 2 Democracy assistance bypassing governments; CEE NGOs' engagement in democracy assistance; Bypass democracy assistance as spécialité de la maison of CEE NGOs |
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Supporting youth through bypass democracy assistanceConclusion; Notes; 3 Identifying bypass democracy assistance programs targeting youth; Civic education; Political participation; Civic participation; Capacity building of youth organizations; Social and economic equality; Conclusion; Notes; 4 The need to provide democracy assistance to youth in target countries; Collecting data, sampling participants and survey administration; Youth understanding and evaluation of democracy; Patterns of youth engagement and action; Conclusion; Note; 5 Evaluating the impact of bypass democracy assistance |
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Measuring the impact of democracy assistance at micro levelInculcating democratic values and norms of engaged citizenship; From civic education to civic participation; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Closing space for bypass democracy assistance; State against civil society and civil society against state again; Changes in democracy promotion in CEE countries; Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion; Contributions to democracy promotion scholarship and implications for practitioners; Recommendations for future research; Note; Appendix; Part I Regime, society and authority |
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Part II Citizenship: my role as a citizenPart III Social and political participation; Part IV Your profile; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book addresses important and under-researched issues such as, the role of young people in democratization processes, the role of new democracies in sharing their transition experience, and the effectiveness of aid. A major theme of the book is democracy assistance efforts by the NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe to support young people in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, and Central Asia. It examines this theme in a comparative perspective and with a deeper analysis of reasons and ways to support young people, the need to support them and the effectiveness of these efforts. Bringing together a wide range of material on democracy assistance of Central and Eastern European countries that includes surveying the providers and beneficiaries of aid and looking for better methods of impact evaluation, the book advances a framework for assessing democracy assistance efforts. It concludes with implications of the impact of democracy assistance on young people and democracy diffusion from Central and Eastern European democracies to other countries. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of democracy, democratization, Central and Eastern Europe, Post-Soviet studies, and European and Comparative Politics, as well as for practitioners (donors, NGOs) who want to know what works best, and why and when in aid provision |
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Democratization -- Europe, Eastern
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Youth -- Political activity -- Europe, Eastern
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Political participation -- Europe, Eastern
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Non-governmental organizations -- Europe, Eastern
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New democracies -- Europe, Eastern
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Democratization
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New democracies
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Non-governmental organizations
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Political participation
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Politics and government
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Youth -- Political activity
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
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| Subject |
Eastern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315179681 |
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1315179687 |
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9781351717083 |
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1351717081 |
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9781351717090 |
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135171709X |
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9781351717076 |
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1351717073 |
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