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Author El-Mahdi, Rabab.

Title Empowered participation or political manipulation? : state, civil society and social funds in Egypt and Bolivia / by Rabab El-Mahdi.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 204 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 120
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 120.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Civil society, the state, neoliberalism, and social policy -- Two civil societies: history and evolution -- The Egyptian Social Fund for development: is it such a failure? -- The Bolivian Fund: is it really the model? -- Engineering consent: the de-politicization of the political.
Summary Using Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia as a microcosm, this book offers a critical examination of state-civil society relations and governance under the neoliberal model. Focusing specifically on the reconstruction of citizenship rights and participatory governance under this model.
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Subject Social planning -- Egypt -- Citizen participation.
Social planning.
Egypt.
Political participation.
Social planning -- Bolivia -- Citizen participation.
Bolivia.
Institution building -- Egypt -- Citizen participation.
Institution building.
Institution building -- Bolivia -- Citizen participation.
Civil society -- Egypt.
Civil society.
Civil society -- Bolivia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: El-Mahdi, Rabab. Empowered participation or political manipulation? Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004209404 (DLC) 2011018142 (OCoLC)710020155
ISBN 9789004209404 (electronic book)
9004209409 (electronic book)
9789004210028 (electronic book)
9004210024 (electronic book)
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9781283162067
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