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Prospects for Mexican Civil Society
Author(s) -
Merchant David,
Rich Paul
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2005.00115.x
Subject(s) - civil society , democratization , latin americans , democracy , political science , social capital , consolidation (business) , democratic consolidation , state (computer science) , public administration , work (physics) , development economics , economic growth , political economy , sociology , politics , economics , law , mechanical engineering , accounting , algorithm , computer science , engineering
The now much debated role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the ongoing democratization of Mexico involves global issues such as trust, social capital, and volunteerism. How applicable the work of Robert Putnam on civil society is to Latin America, and how central associationalism will be to Mexico's future are a focus of this study of the policies that may promote democratic consolidation and ameliorate Mexico's “civic deficit” in a time when the place of the state in Mexican society is being reexamined.