We analyze the dynamic interaction between civil society organizations and Government in a representative developing economy. Government favors corruption and so fails to build efficient institutions. On its side, civil society exerts pressure on Government to constrain it to halt corruption. We distinguish between an authoritarian Government and an unrestrictive one: the latter does not repres...

The idea of civil society contains a set of assumptions about the unity of civil society, the civility of civil society, the ‘separateness’ of civil society and the state, and the intrinsic relationship between civil society and democracy. All of these assumptions can be questioned by examining civil society in a specific country context. In the case of Ghana, processes in civil society have al...

Having transformed its hinterland to become a major exporter of agricultural commodities, Brazil has, since the mid-2000s, set up range South–South cooperation (SSC) initiatives export agri-food policies and technologies othe countries, mainly in Latin America sub-Saharan Africa. Both domestic SSC have been scrutinised shaped by interactions with civil society actors, from peasant associations ...

a. A focus on ‘development effectiveness’, i.e. on development outcome rather than on output; b. Promoting the role of civil society as an actor in development including in political dialogue, as stated in the article 20 of the Accra Agenda of Action (AAA); c. Recognising the diversity of civil society, creating an enabling environment and right of initiative; d. Prioritising local actors/local...

This paper discusses the relation between eParticipation and civil society in Germany using a theoretical framework based on three arenas of political communication: the traditional political system, the mass-media system, and the civil society public space. Currently in Germany the traditional political system prevails and funds research about representative oriented eParticipation activities....