Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

On bowling leagues and NGOs: A critique of civil society’s revival

  • Book Review Essay
  • Published:
Studies in Comparative International Development Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bebbington, Anthony and Diana Mitlin. 1997.The NGO Sector and its Role in Strengthening Civil Society and Good Governance. London: International Institute for Environmental and Development.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bell, Daniel. 1989. “American Exceptionalism Revisited: The Role of Civil Society”.The Public Interest 9(5): 38–56.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bermeo, Nancy. 2000. “Civil Society after Democracy”. Pp. 237–260 inCivil Society before Democracy, edited by N. Bermeo and P. Nord, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

    Google Scholar 

  • Berman, Sheri. 1997. “Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic”.World Politics 49: 401–429.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carothers, Thomas. 1999–2000. “Civil Society”.Foreign Policy (Winter): 18–29.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • —. 1997a. “Democratic Assistance: The Question of Strategy”.Democratization 4 (Autumn): 109–132.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1997b. “Democracy without Illusions.”Foreign Affairs 76 (January/February): 85–99.

    Google Scholar 

  • Carrol, Thomas F.. 1992.Intermediary NGOs: The Supporting Link in Grassroots Development. West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cohen, Jean and Andrew Arato. 1992.Civil Society and Political Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Coleman, James. 1990.Foundations of Social Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Civicus. 1997.The New Civic Atlas: Profiles of Civil Society in 60 Countries. Washington, DC: Civicus.

    Google Scholar 

  • Diamond, Larry. 1994. “Rethinking Civil Society: Towards Consolidation”.Journal of Democracy 5 (July): 5–17.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1999.Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Eberly, Don, ed. 1994.Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21 st Century. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

    Google Scholar 

  • Edwards, Bob and Michael W. Foley. 1998. “Civil Society and Social Capital Beyond Putnam”.American Behavioral Scientist 42, 1: 124–139.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Edwards, Michael and David Hume. 1996. “Too Close for Comfort? The Impact of Official Aid on Non-governmental Organizations”.World Development 24(6): 961–973.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Encarnación, Omar G. 2001. “Civil Society and the Consolidation of Democracy in Spain”.Political Science Quarterly: 53–79.

  • —. 2000a. “Tocqueville's Missionaries: Civil Society and the Promotion of Democracy”.World Policy Journal 17 (Spring): 9–18.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 2000b. “Beyond Transitions: The Politics of Democratic Consolidation”.Comparative Politics (July): 479–498.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fine, Robert and Shirin Rai, eds. 1997.Civil Society: Democratic Perspectives. London: Frank Cass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fukuyama, Francis. 1995.Trust Societal Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York: Free Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gellner, Ernest. 1994.Conditions of Freedom: Civil Society and its Rivals. London: Penguin Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gramsci, Antonio. 1971.Selections from the Prison Notebooks. New York: International Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hadenius Axel and Fredrik Uggla. 1996. “Making Civil Society Work, Promoting Development: Want Can States and Donors Do?World Development 24(10): 1621–1639.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hall, John, ed. 1995.Civil Society: Theory, History, Comparison. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Havel, Vaclav. 1995.Power to the Powerless. London: Hutchinson.

    Google Scholar 

  • Huntington, Samuel. 1968.Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Inglehart, Ronald. 1997.Modernization and Postmodernization: Culture, Economic and Political Change in 43 Societies. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Keane, John, ed. 1988.Civil Society and the State. London: Verso.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1998.Civil Society: Old Images, New Visions. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Levy, Margaret. 1996. “Social and Unsocial Capital: A Review of Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work”Politics and Society 24 (March): 45–55.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • McDonald, Laura. 1997.Supporting Civil Society: The Political Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Central America. New York: St. Martins Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • O'Donnell, Brian. 1999.Civil Society: The Underpinning of American Democracy. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England.

    Google Scholar 

  • Packman, Robert. 1973.Liberal America and the Third World: Political Development Ideas in Foreign Aid and Social Sciences, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Putnam, Robert. 1993.Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • —. 1995. “Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital.”Journal of Democracy 6(1): 65:78.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Quigley, Kevin. 1997.For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democratic Assistance in Central Europe. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rahm, Wendy M., John Brehm, and Neil Carlson. 1999. “National Elections as Institutions for Generating Social Capital.” Pp. 111–160 inCivic Engagement in American Democracy, eds. T. Skocpol and M. Fiorina. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Salamon, Lester M. et al. 1999.Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Non-Profit Sector. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tarrow, Sidney. 1996. “Making Social Science Work Across Space and Time: A Critical Reflection on Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work,”American Political Science Review 30 (June): 389–397.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tempest, Clive. 1997. “Myths from Eastern Europe and the Legend of the West.” Pp. 132–144 inCivil Society: Democratic Perspectives, edited by R. Fine and S. Rai. London: Frank Cass.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Rooy, Alison and Mark Robinson. 1998. “Out of the Ivory Tower: Civil Society Assistance and the Aid System.” Pp. 31–68 inCivil Society and the Aid Industry: The Politics and Promise, edited by A. Van Rooy. London: Earthscan Publications.

    Google Scholar 

  • Young, Iris Marion. 1999. “State, Civil Society and Social Justice.” Pp. 141–162 inDemocracy's Value, edited by Ian Shapiro and Casiano Hacker-Cordon. New York: Cambridge University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Waltzer, Michael. 1998. “The Concept of Civil Society.” Pp. 1–26 inToward a Global Civil Society, edited by M. Waltzer. Providence and Oxford: Berghahn Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • White, Gordon. 1994. “Civil Society, Democratization and Development (I)' Clearing the Analytical Ground.”Democratization 1 (Autumn): 56–84.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Omar G. Encarnación
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Encarnación, O.G. On bowling leagues and NGOs: A critique of civil society’s revival. St Comp Int Dev 36, 116–131 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02686335

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02686335

Keywords

Search

Navigation