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"...[T]he literature has tended to either downplay or ignore the role of non-elite political actors (both in terms of action, inaction, or inability to participate) in relation to crises facing many countries. The role of civil society has been usually valorized when scholars turn their attention to what maintains a country’s quality of democracy ... The challenge of addressing these shortcomings is increasingly evident in the works of civil society research worldwide. The most recent is Ibrahim Natil, Vanessa Malila, and Youcef Sai’s, Barriers to Effective Civil Society Organizations (2020), that stands as a recent attempt to not only theoretically synthesize these debates on how civil society organizations (CSOs) may survive unwelcome political contexts, but also the extent to which an organization can “crisis-proof” itself. Their study’s conceptual framework relies on the notion of 'a participatory civil society, researching civic engagement and development despite the challenges of shifts in foreign aid, political and social context.'"
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Hansley A. JULIANO is a Doctoral Candidate of the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan.
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Type of Manuscript: Book Review
Volume, Issue, Year: Volume 59, Issue 1, Year 2023
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