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Author El-Mahdi, Rabab.

Title Empowered participation or political manipulation? : state, civil society and social funds in Egypt and Bolivia / by Rabab El-Mahdi
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 204 pages)
Series International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 120
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 120.
Contents Introduction -- Civil society, the state, neoliberalism, and social policy -- Two civil societies: history and evolution -- The Egyptian Social Fund for development: is it such a failure? -- The Bolivian Fund: is it really the model? -- Engineering consent: the de-politicization of the political
Summary Using Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia as a microcosm, this book offers a critical examination of state-civil society relations and governance under the neoliberal model. Focusing specifically on the reconstruction of citizenship rights and participatory governance under this model
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Social planning -- Egypt -- Citizen participation
Social planning -- Bolivia -- Citizen participation
Institution building -- Egypt -- Citizen participation
Institution building -- Bolivia -- Citizen participation
Civil society -- Egypt
Civil society -- Bolivia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Civil society
Social planning -- Citizen participation
Bolivia
Egypt
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004209404
9004209409
9789004210028
9004210024
1283162067
9781283162067