TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adamson,Fiona B.
AU  - Ballentine,Karen
AU  - Gagnon,V.P.
AU  - Glenn,John
AU  - Glenn,John K.
AU  - Jones Luong,Pauline
AU  - McMahon,Patrice C.
AU  - Mendelson,Sarah
AU  - Mendelson,Sarah E.
AU  - Powell,Leslie
AU  - Richter,James
AU  - Weinthal,Erika
TI  - The Power and Limits of NGOs: A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 
SN  - 9780231124904
AV  - JN96.A58 P69 2002 
U1  - 320.947 
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - Democratization -- Europe, Eastern
KW  - Democratization -- Former Soviet republics
KW  - Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
KW  - Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government
KW  - Non-governmental organizations -- Europe, Eastern
KW  - Non-governmental organizations -- Former Soviet republics
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; 1. Introduction: Transnational Networks and NGOs in Postcommunist Societies --; 2. International Actors and Women's NGOs in Poland and Hungary --; 3. Evaluating Western Assistance to Russian Women's Organizations --; 4. International Assistance and the Development of Independent Mass Media in the Czech and Slovak Republics --; 5. Western and Russian Environmental NGOs: A Greener Russia? --; 6. Environmental NGOs in Kazakhstan: Democratic Goals and Nondemocratic Outcomes --; 7. International Democracy Assistance In Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Building Civil Society from the Outside? --; 8. International NGOs in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Attempting to Build Civil Society --; 9. Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Transnational Democracy Networks in Postcommunist Societies --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Since the end of the Cold War, a virtual army of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the United States, Britain, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe have flocked to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. These NGOs are working on such diverse tasks as helping to establish competitive political parties, elections, and independent media, as well as trying to reduce ethnic conflict.This important book is among the few efforts to assess the impact of these international efforts to build democratic institutions. The case studies presented here provide a portrait of the mechanisms by which ideas commonly associated with democratic states have evolved in formerly communist states, revealing conditions that help as well as hurt the process
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/mend12490
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231505833
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231505833/original
ER  -