ISBN10: 1599423316, ISBN13: 9781599423319, [publisher: Dissertation.Com] Softcover Like New
[Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2010]

ISBN10: 1599423316, ISBN13: 9781599423319, [publisher: Dissertation.com] Softcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]

ISBN10: 1599423316, ISBN13: 9781599423319, [publisher: Dissertation.Com] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Germany, political foundations (Stiftungen) play an important role in shaping civil society through political democracy education. The foundations, however, have also committed themselves to strengthening democratic political and societal structures abroad. Their joint mission abroad is the contribution to democratic structures, information and debate in the countries and regions they are working in. They complement the official German foreign policy, but choose their own priorities and strategies. The focus of this thesis is the German political foundations as actors in democracy assistance. 'Democracy assistance' focuses less on the aspects of technical assistance but much more on political parties and the promotion of civil society as the backbone of democracy. Democracy assistance is a relatively recent international development activity of governments and international organizations. In recent years the international community has come to realize the importance of political parties and a well-functioning political party system for the process of democratisation. Here the German political foundations are working internationally as actors in democracy assistance - independent from the German government but at the same time fully state-funded. The objectives of this dissertation are to understand the work ...
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