Civil Society Empowerment and Multilateral Donors: International Institutions and New International Norms

Stiles, Kendall W.

doi:10.1163/19426720-00402006

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“…This gives an entry point to the community or society that donors want to reach, thus bypassing local governments and universities, which are regarded as corrupt and inefficient (Stiles, 1998). It may just be a problem with data collection, but it may also be a fact that young researchers are joining NGOs in increasing numbers, either because of The R&D conducted in NGOs is gaining recognition and is being published in mainstream journals: this has happened because external donors have elected NGOs to be privileged receivers of funds, giving donors an entry point to the community or society they want to reach difficulty in finding jobs in the formal R&D sector or simply by choice.…”

Section: Non-governmental Organisationsmentioning

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S&T institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

Velho

2005

sci public policy

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Latin America and the Caribbean countries have not been able to build virtuous links among the various relevant social actors involved in S&T production and use. There are problems both on the supply and demand sides. Concerning the former, universities and public research institutes, which together perform almost 70% of R&D, have not created mechanisms to identify user's needs and set their research agenda on the basis of scientific criteria in line with international mainstream science. On the demand side, there is not much demand for local R&D, since transnational corporations innovate on the basis of R&D conducted in the advanced countries and local private firms, in order to be competitive, also prefer to import foreign technology. Governments in some countries have implemented a few schemes aiming to bring together supply and demand but, with a few exceptions, they have not been successful.Léa Velho is professor in the

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Section: Non-governmental Organisationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

S&T institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

Velho

2005

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“…Many civil society groups have been campaigning at the IMF, World Bank and WTO for such inclusion (O'Brien et al, 2000). The response from these and other international organizations in terms of institutional access varies greatly (ICTSD, 1999;Stiles, 1998). This process creates a number of problems.…”

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Organizational Politics, Multilateral Economic Organizations and Social Policy

O’Brien

2002

Global Social Policy

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This article contributes to the debate over social policy and multilateral economic organizations by suggesting that advocates seeking to strengthen or defend redistributive social policy in the face of such institutions face a series of conflicts that involve challenges in three areas: organizational politics, state interest, and the balance of social forces. In terms of organizational politics, social policy is disadvantaged by the fusion of functionalism and neoclassical economics. Remedies to this problem lie in breaking down technocratic practice by exposing the organizations to other agendas and forms of knowledge. This then involves the other two challenges: state interests must incorporate a stronger promotion of social policies and the balance of social forces must shift away from commercial interests towards those favoring social policy innovation.

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“…These relationships are evident in the link between Czech artists and writers and European intellectuals, Nicaraguan opposition leaders and American conservatives, and has been noted elsewhere with respect to African National Congress ties to Western legislators and human rights activists, Soviet dissident ties to world Jewry, and ties between non-governmental relief organizations and various progressive elements in Africa and the Middle East (Klotz 1995). These linkages are at the heart of the emerging "civil society empowerment" movement (Stiles 1998). Finally, the xenophobic traditionalists serve a primarily conservative role.…”

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International Human Rights Norms and Political Liberalization

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Roscoe

1999

Southeastern Political Review

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This research utilizes seven case studies to develop a general model of the relationship between international human rights treaty adoption and domestic political liberalization. Past approaches have stressed either the role of norms in influencing state behavior or, conversely, the importance of immediate state interests in embracing human rights treaties. The model developed here provides a more complex and interactive picture of the relationship between treaty adoption and domestic reforms. The model distinguishes between two types of domestic actors, “xenophobic and traditionalists,” who oppose the infiltration of Western influence, and “cosmopolitan professionals,” who are generally receptive to Western values and ideals. Similarly, the model identifies two types of ties to the international community and specifies their impact on treaty adoption. Integration with the international community creates sympathy to and acceptance of international norms, while dependency creates isolation from international norms and a resistance to treaty adoption.

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Civil Society Empowerment and Multilateral Donors: International Institutions and New International Norms

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

S&T institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

S&T institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

Organizational Politics, Multilateral Economic Organizations and Social Policy

International Human Rights Norms and Political Liberalization

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