Using The Civil Society Index Assessing The Health Of Civil Society
DOWNLOAD
Download Using The Civil Society Index Assessing The Health Of Civil Society PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Using The Civil Society Index Assessing The Health Of Civil Society book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Using The Civil Society Index Assessing The Health Of Civil Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : Richard Holloway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-08-01
Using The Civil Society Index Assessing The Health Of Civil Society written by Richard Holloway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-01 with Associations, institutions, etc categories.
Civil Society And Health
DOWNLOAD
Author : Scott L. Greer
language : en
Publisher: World Health Organization
Release Date : 2017-11-20
Civil Society And Health written by Scott L. Greer and has been published by World Health Organization this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-20 with Law categories.
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can make a vital contribution to public health and health systems but harnessing their potential is complex in a Europe where government-CSO relations vary so profoundly. This study is intended to outline some of the challenges and assist policy-makers in furthering their understanding of the part CSOs can play in tandem and alongside government. To this end it analyses existing evidence and draws on a set of seven thematic chapters and six mini case studies. They examine experiences from Austria Bosnia-Herzegovina Belgium Cyprus Finland Germany Malta the Netherlands Poland the Russian Federation Slovenia Turkey and the European Union and make use of a single assessment framework to understand the diverse contexts in which CSOs operate. The evidence shows that CSOs are ubiquitous varied and beneficial and the topics covered in this study reflect such diversity of aims and means: anti-tobacco advocacy food banks refugee health HIV/AIDS prevention and cure and social partnership. CSOs make a substantial contribution to public health and health systems with regards to policy development service delivery and governance. This includes evidence provision advocacy mobilization consensus building provision of medical services and of services related to the social determinants of health standard setting self-regulation and fostering social partnership. However in order to engage successfully with CSOs governments do need to make use of adequate tools and create contexts conducive to collaboration. To guide policy-makers working with CSOs through such complications and help avoid some potential pitfalls the book outlines a practical framework for such collaboration. This suggests identifying key CSOs in a given area; clarifying why there should be engagement with civil society; being realistic as to what CSOs can or will achieve; and an understanding of how CSOs can be helped to deliver.
Civil Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : Helmut Anheier
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Civil Society written by Helmut Anheier and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Nature categories.
Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has in recent years emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics, public policy and society both globally and locally. Yet, despite the crucial importance of this political phenomenon to the principle and practice of democracy, it eludes definition and systematic understanding. This book provides a comprehensive and flexible framework for the definition, measurement, analysis and interpretation of civil society based on the innovative 'Civil Society Diamond'. Written as a guide for both practitioners and academics, the book presents precise and insightful solutions to the issues of how to understand the concept of civil society, where to locate it theoretically and empirically, and which techniques are best suited to its measurement. The approach presented here has been successfully adopted across a wide range of civil society organizations in over 30 countries. The author draws on and applies a diverse repertoire of indicators, tools and data - suitable for various organizational forms, practical contexts and theoretical perspectives - which measure the effectiveness of civil society initiatives and reveal certain strategic and policy options. The aim is to promote and facilitate structured, informed and fruitful dialogue within civil society organizations and between them and the governmental, corporate and academic actors with whom they are now so integrally linked.
Civil Society Revisited
DOWNLOAD
Author : Kerstin Jacobsson
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2017-06-01
Civil Society Revisited written by Kerstin Jacobsson and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-01 with Political Science categories.
In much social scientific literature, Polish civil society has been portrayed as weak and passive. This volume offers a much-needed corrective, challenging this characterization on both theoretical and empirical grounds and suggesting new ways of conceptualizing civil society to better account for events on the ground as well as global trends such as neoliberalism, migration, and the renewal of nationalist ideologies. Focusing on forms of collective action that researchers have tended to overlook, the studies gathered here show how public discourse legitimizes certain claims and political actions as “true” civil society, while others are too often dismissed. Taken together, they critique a model of civil society that is ‘made from above’.
Civil Society Conflict And Violence
DOWNLOAD
Author : Wolfgang Dörner
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-04-10
Civil Society Conflict And Violence written by Wolfgang Dörner and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with Social Science categories.
Based on the findings of the CIVICUS Civil Society Index Programme, this volume looks at the role that civil society organizations play in generating or alleviating conflict and violence and at how situations of conflict and violence impact on the state of civil society in various settings.
Assessing The Effectiveness Of National Human Rights Institutions
DOWNLOAD
Author : International Council on Human Rights Policy
language : en
Publisher: ICHRP
Release Date : 2005
Assessing The Effectiveness Of National Human Rights Institutions written by International Council on Human Rights Policy and has been published by ICHRP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Human rights categories.
Ngo Accountability
DOWNLOAD
Author : Lisa Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Ngo Accountability written by Lisa Jordan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Nature categories.
As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or attempts to 'roll-back' NGOs to a more one-dimensional function as organizers of national and global charity. Input and case studies are provided from NGOs such as ActionAid, and from every part of the globe including China, Indonesia and Uganda. In the spirit of moving towards greater accountability the book looks in detail at innovations that have developed from within NGOs and offers new approaches and flexible frameworks that enable accountability to become a reality for all parties worldwide.
How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society
DOWNLOAD
Author : Joel Spring
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-08
How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society written by Joel Spring and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Education categories.
In this book Joel Spring explores three major international educational ideologies that are shaping global society: neo-liberal educational ideology, human rights education, and environmentalism. Neo-liberal ideology reflects a rethinking of nationalist forms of education as the nation-state slowly erodes under the power of a growing global civil society. Traditional nationalist education attempts to mold loyal and patriotic citizens who are emotionally attached to symbols of the state, whereas the goal of neo-liberal educational ideology is to change nationalist education to serve the needs of the global economy. These changes are fueling a clash between the ideas of free-market and consumer-based neo-liberals and those of human rights and environmental educators. Human rights education is concerned with creating activist global citizens. It is rooted in the idea that inherent in human rights doctrines is a collective responsibility to ensure the rights of all people. Environmentalism is the most radical of the ideologies because it rejects the industrial and consumerist paradigm that has dominated most economic thought, including capitalism and communism. Spring synthesizes and analyzes the effect of these educational ideologies on shaping the future of the global society. In the concluding section, he compares the effect of these ideologies on global society with the possibility of a world divided between conflicting civilizations. How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society: Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State features: *a critical exploration of the transition of schooling from a function of the nation-state to a globalized economic and political system; *a discussion of the major organizations and trading blocs shaping the future globalization of educational policies; *an analysis of the major competing global ideologies of education--including national and corporate models that emphasize training workers for a competitive global free market; the worldwide network of human rights and peace educators who are teaching a global set of ethics; and the environmental movement's efforts to create a common set of educational standards for sustainable development and sustainable consumption; and *an exploration of the possible future of global educational policy and school organizations. By integrating a wide range of previously scattered information within a bold new framework for understanding educational ideologies and their impact on the global society, Spring raises important questions for researchers, professionals, and students in history and philosophy of education, educational policy, educational studies, comparative education, multicultural education, curriculum studies, critical media studies, global studies, human rights education, and related areas.
Civil Society At The Millennium
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marcus Akuhata-Brown
language : en
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Release Date : 1999
Civil Society At The Millennium written by Marcus Akuhata-Brown and has been published by Kumarian Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Political Science categories.
The book strives to assess the health, viability, and role of civil society today and identify key challenges and opportunities facing civil society on a global scale."--BOOK JACKET.
Civil Society And Health
DOWNLOAD
Author : Scott L. Greer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Civil Society And Health written by Scott L. Greer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Civil society categories.