Research Catalog

Title

NGOs and governance in the Arab world / edited by Sarah Ben Néfissa ... [et al.]

Publication

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ibn Nafīsah, Sārah.
• ‏عبد الفتاح, نبيل.
• ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ, Nabīl.
• ‏حنفي, ساري.
• Ḥanafī, Sārī.
• Milani, Carlos.

Description

ix, 388 p.; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

Non-governmental organizations and governance in the Arab world

Subject

• Non-governmental organizations > Arab countries
• Non-governmental organizations > Social aspects > Arab countries
• Democratization > Arab countries
• Civil society > Arab countries

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-388).

Contents

Pt. I. Globalization and governance : situating Arab NGOs -- 1. Non-governmental organizations in global governance -- 2. Insiders and outsiders : NGOs in international relations -- 3. Civil versus political culture in NGOs -- 4. Promoting democracy and governance in the Arab world : strategic choices for donors -- Pt. II. NGOs of the Arab world : between the democracy question and the social question -- 5. From inertia to movement : a study of the conflict over the NGO law in Egypt -- 6. Hegemony and counter-hegemony in Egypt : advocacy NGOs, civil society, and the state -- 7. Islamic NGOs and the development of democracy in Egypt -- 8. NGOs and the reform of the Egyptian health system : realistic prospects for governance or pipe dream? -- 9. New NGOs and democratic governance in Palestine : a pioneering model for the Arab world? -- 10. NGOs and civil society in Palestine : a comparative analysis of four organizations -- 11. Agency and ideology in community services : Islamic NGOs in a southern suburb of Beirut -- 12. The poverty alleviation system and the role of associations in Yemen -- 13. NGOs in a country without a government : Islamic movements and aspirations to replace the state in war-torn Somalia -- 14. Civil associations, social movements, and political participation in Lebanon in the 1990s -- 15. Donors, international NGOs, and Palestine NGOs : funding issues and globalized elite formation -- 16. Conclusion : Arab NGOs : advocacy and the 'globalized' debate in democracy in the Arab world.

Call Number

*OGO 06-9300

ISBN

• 9774249046
• 9789774249044

LCCN

2005461742

OCLC

62279173

Title

NGOs and governance in the Arab world / edited by Sarah Ben Néfissa ... [et al.]

Imprint

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-388).

Added Author

Ibn Nafīsah, Sārah.

ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ, Nabīl.

Alternate Script for Added Author

عبد الفتاح, نبيل.

Added Author

Ḥanafī, Sārī.

Alternate Script for Added Author

حنفي, ساري.

Added Author

Milani, Carlos.

Research Call Number

*OGO 06-9300