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A Formal peace treaty, negotiated by the government, ended the fighting but did not address the underlying causes of the conflict, which were a complex mix of economic, political, and […] View resource Discussion paper Post-War Reconstruction in Central America: Lessons from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua 01/01/1999 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview This study originated as a proposal to reflect on the experience of Oxfam GB ‘ in Central America during the 1980s, both to contribute to its ‘institutional memory’ of working in situations of armed conflict, and to trace the relationship between its previous and current work in the region. Oxfam’s wider interest coincided with that […] View resource Journal article Civil society and substantive democracy: governance and the state of law in Belgium 01/11/1998 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview Since the late 1980s, democratic institutions and an active civil society are being prescribed as important ingredients and preconditions to reduce poverty, social exclusion, and violent civil strife. Multi-party systems and elections are seen as the most important expressions of formal democracy. This paper argues that more attention is needed to substantive democracy, which requires […] View resource Journal article NGOs, civil society and the state: avoiding theoretical extremes in real world issues 01/08/1998 7 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview The standard models of the state and civil society balancing each other, as propounded by de Tocqueville, Hegel and Gramsci, are no longer useful in all cases when thinking about the relationship between the state, civil society and NGOs. The emergence in many countries of a weak state and relatively strong civil society organisations has […] View resource Book A Safer Future: Reducing the human cost of war 01/01/1997 1 documents 128 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Protection Overview A Safer Future draws on Oxfam’s experience of working with communities caught up in armed conflict in many countries around the world and makes recommendations for urgent action by governments that would reduce the risk of war and protect civilian lives. It looks specifically at changes in international policies and pre-emptive action by the international […] View resource Book Empowering Communities: A casebook from West Sudan 01/01/1997 1 documents 97 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview This casebook examines the way in which a participative approach to development can result in empowerment for communities. The Kebkabiya project in the west of Sudan began as an attempt to improve food security in the wake of a major famine. Over the years Oxfam, who initiated the project, handed over responsibility to a community-based […] View resource Book Questioning Empowerment: Working with women in Honduras 01/01/1997 1 documents 192 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society World Bank and IMF Overview Empowerment is a term which is used by organisations as diverse as the World Bank and grassroots community groups. This book examines the various meanings given to the concept, and the many ways in which power can be expressed, in personal relationships and in wider social interactions. It focuses on two development projects in Honduras, […] View resource Book Mali: A prospect of peace? 01/01/1997 3 documents 64 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview Most people in the industrialised world have heard of Timbuktu, even if they could not find this ancient centre of civilisation on the map. In fact, it is in Mali, a West African country which is rapidly coming to terms with the modern world. In 1991 the people of Mali overthrew a military dictatorship; democratic […] View resource Journal article NGOs, civil society and the State: Building democracy in transitional countries 01/08/1996 2 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. View resource Journal article Let’s get civil society straight: NGOs and political theory 01/08/1996 10 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview Viewpoint. Also includes ‘NGOs, the poor, and local government’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know