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Civil Society and Development
- What are some of the concerns about the current emphasis on “social capital” in development discourse?
- Discuss the context that shaped the reinvention of the concept of development in 1948.
- Discuss the seven contextual trends informing the emergence, growth, and strengthening of civil society in the 1980s.
- Compare and contrast anti-globalization movements in the North with those in the South.
- What are the two major theoretical perspectives on NGOs’ roles in development?
- Provide a brief, but clear explanation of the conception of civil society.
- What is decentralization?
- Compare the three traditions that have made use of the concept civil society.
- What may be the difference between civil society and social movements?
- Explain the different ways in which the concept civil society may be encompassed.
- What is the influence of the new economic model of the 1980s in the concept of civil society?