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English edition
Nov
2004
256 pp.
11 tables
Paperback
15X23 cm
$27.50
LE 120.00
ISBN
978 977 424 884 9
For sale only in the Middle East
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Civil Society Exposed
The Politics of NGOs in Egypt
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Maha Abdelrahman
Is the concept of civil society relevant to social and political change? What is the role of its most well-known agents, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), in promoting emancipatory projects? Maha Abdelrahman analyses the empirical case of Egyptian 'civil society' in order to ascertain whether the experience of civil society organisations, and of NGOs in particular, validates the contention prevalent in academic and policy circles that civil society is the main engine for social and political transformation. The author concludes that civil society, far from constituting this engine, is a politically contested terrain characterised by authoritarian and repressive tendencies.
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Reviews
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“Maha Abdelrahman’s book is a welcome contribution” —Soheir Morsy, Al-Ahram Weekly, August 2005
“To non-specialists it is a useful source of information that counters the equating of opposition to foreign-funded NGOs with rejection of
“western democracy.” —Soheir Morsy, Al-Ahram Weekly, August 2005
“the book will no doubt prove useful to other scholars engaged in comparative research.” —Al-Ahram Weekly, August 2005
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