Democracy promotion, civil society building, and the primacy of politics

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-31

  Jamal, Manal A ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil society development; democracy promotion; El Salvador; Palestinian territories; political settlements; war to peace transitions; women's sectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555186886     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010365998     Document Type: Article

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