Economic Liberalization, Democratization and Civil Society in the Developing World

This twelve country comparative volume examines the impact of economic structural adjustment programmes upon grassroots civil association and the implications for political liberalisation and democratization in the developing countries of Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The authors take an in-depth look at the impact of economic reform upon women's groups, human rights organisations, social-welfare non-governmental organisations, unions and business associations. They challenge the prevailing assumption that economic reform will automatically lead to greater democratization.

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REMONDA BENSABAT-KLEINBERG is an Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina at Wilmington where she teaches Latin American politics and international relations. She has published on state-business relations in Mexico under Nafta and economic liberalisation. Her books include Strategic Alliances and Other Deals: State-Business Relations and Economic Reform in Mexico, (1999).

JANINE A. CLARK Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, Canada

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Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Impact of Economic Reform on Civil Society, Popular Participation and Democratisation in the Developing World; J.A.Clark & R.B.Kleinberg PART I: ASIA Structural Adjustment and Democratisation: The Case of Human Rights Organisations in Indonesia; S.Jones Economic and Political Reform in the Philippines 1986-1996: The Evolving Role of Human Rights NGOs; G.Clarke State-Societal Relations in a Rapidly Growing Economy: The Case of Malaysia, 1970-1997; F.K.Loh PART II: AFRICA Civil Society, Structural Adjustment and Democratisation in Kenya; J.E.Nyang'oro The Incomplete Democratic Transition in Uganda; S.Dicklitch Structural Adjustment, Military Dictatorship, Civil Society, and the Struggle for Democracy in Nigeria; F.Afolayan PART III: THE MIDDLE EAST The Economic and Political Impact of Economic Restructuring on NGO-State Relations in Egypt; J.A.Clark Doing Business with the State: Business-State Relations After Liberalisation in Jordan; P.W.Moore Neoliberal Reforms and Democratisation in Tunisia: Civil Society in a Rural Community; S.J.King PART IV: LATIN AMERICA Economic Liberalisation and Inequality in Mexico: Prospects for Democracy; R.B.Kleinberg Democracy and Organised Labour in Argentina: Challenges and New Alternatives; V.Patroni Neo-Liberalism, Democratisation and the Women's Movement in Nicaragua; K.Isbester Conclusions: Politics of Democratisation: The Force of Civil Society; R.B.Kleinberg & J.A.Clark Index