Civil Society: The American Model and Third World Development

by Howard J. Wiarda

Book Overview

Using case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and including such critical countries as South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Egypt, Civil Society focuses on the processes and politics of dismantling "corporate" (state directed) economies in the Third World in order to move toward civil societies of free associability and democracy. The book presents a number of significant findings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813340764
• ISBN13: 9780813340760
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages