Chapter 13 Review Questions

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