Civil Society: The American Model And Third World Development [Hardcover]

Using case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and including such critical countries as South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Egypt, Civil Society focuses on the processes and politics of dismantling corporate (state directed) economies and political systems in the Third Worl

PART 1: 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, PART IV: CONCLUSION, 8 Is Civil Society Exportable?: The American Model and Third World Development

This book focuses on the processes and politics of dismantling corporate economies and political systems in the Third World. It explores how this separation would create a move toward civil societies of free associability and democracy, as well as the limits to and pitfalls of this approach.Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and Senior Scholar at the centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.USCopyright ? 2003 Taylor & Francis