Palestinian Civil Society: Foreign donors and the power to promote and exclude

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ISBN: 9780415478649 | 0415478642
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/10/2008

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This book is concerned with the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East with particular reference to the Palestinian case. It shows how external Western donations aimed at building civil society and democracy don't always lead to the anticipated results and documents the rise of Islamist activity often at the expense of secular, liberal movements.

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. x
Introduction: one civil society, two Palestines	p. 1
Cultures and civil society	p. 1
Two Palestines	p. 10
Overview of the book	p. 19
Data collection and sources	p. 20
Clearing the ground	p. 23
Debating civil society: internationally and in the Arab Middle East	p. 25
Debating civil society	p. 25
Towards a new general definition: civil society as a source of autonomy	p. 34
Debating civil society in the Middle East	p. 36
Towards a renewed definition of civil society	p. 55
Setting the historical framework on Palestinian NGOs and international donors	p. 59
Palestinian civil society in historical perspective	p. 59
Donors in historical perspective	p. 73
International donors in Palestine	p. 76
Conclusions about these historical changes	p. 82
Civil society at work	p. 85
International donors and the professionalization of civil society promotion	p. 87
Who are the donors and how do they operate?	p. 87
Donors' approaches to civil society	p. 94
Palestinian production of knowledge about civil society	p. 107
Conclusion: understanding various interpretations	p. 123
Managing the discourse of civil society	p. 129
Service-providing NGOs: the case of health	p. 130
Advocacy NGOs	p. 153
The exclusionary dimensions of civil society	p. 169
Unanswered questions	p. 169
The exclusionary power of civil society: political dimensions	p. 175
The exclusionary power of civil society: sociological dimensions	p. 185
The exclusionary power of civil society: ideological dimensions	p. 188
Conclusions: looking 'beyond the pale'	p. 192
Forced framings and the creation of heteronomy	p. 192
Of the necessity of looking 'beyond the pale'	p. 199
Full list of interviews	p. 204
Building graphs	p. 209
Subjective perception	p. 211
Notes	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 237
Index	p. 257
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Palestinian Civil Society: Foreign donors and the power to promote and exclude

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