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Title: For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe

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Paperback, 1997

Details
Series:             Woodrow Wilson Center Special Studies
Language:        English

Size
Length:        190 Pages
Weight:        1.5 Pounds
Height:         10.5 Inches
Width:          7.5 Inches
Thickness:    0.8 Inches



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Assisting democracy has become a major concern of the international community since the end of the cold war. Not only governments, but private actors-foundations and other non-governmental organizations-are playing a growing role in these efforts, rivaling that of governments and international institutions. This pathbreaking study examines foundations' democracy assistance programs in Central Europe in the years immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall, both measuring their size and evaluating their strategies. For Democracy's Sake assesses such efforts in post-cold war Central Europe through extensive field research, a rare series of workshops in which Central Europeans knowledgeable about democracy efforts participated, and the author's own experience as a foundation executive. The book includes chapters concentrating on foundations' efforts in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, a chapter on regional initiatives, and a chapter on the philanthropy of George Soros. This timely volume offers broadly applicable lessons regarding the most effective strategies, approaches, and techniques for helping others develop their own versions of democracy."Quigley presents a vast amount of new information, based on a comprehensive, sophisticated research effort. This material will be of great utility to persons interested in Eastern Europe, and the book will certainly become the standard work on the role of private foundations in the former communist states."-Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, author of Assessing Democracy Assistance: The Case of Romania



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe and it was written by Kevin F. F. Quigley. This edition of For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is March 1997 and it has a suggested retail price of $38. There are 190 pages in the book and it was published by Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. The 10 digit ISBN is 0943875803 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780943875804. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.