Democratization in the Third World

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Lars Rudebeck and Olle T�rnquist PART I: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRATISATION, AND CIVIL SOCIETY Some Reflections on 'Civil Society' and Political Change; Peter Gibbon Modernity, Late Development and Civil Society; Nicos Mouzelis PART II: THE CASE OF SWEDEN AS AN EARLY HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE In Search of Respectability. Popular Movements in Scandinavian Democratisation: From Voluntary Associations to Mass Organisations; Lars Pettersson PART III: ASIAN EXPERIENCES Making Democratisation Work: From Civil Society and Social Capital to Political Inclusion and Politicisation. Theoretical Reflections on Concrete Cases in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines; Olle T�rnquist Socio-Religious Reform Movements, Process of Democratisation, and Human Development: The Case of Kerala, South-West India; P.K. Michael Tharakan Decentralisation, NGOs and Democratisation in Bangladesh; Kirsten Westergaard Development, NGOs and Civil Society; Karina Constantino-David PART IV: AFRICAN EXPERIENCES Popular Sovereignty and Constitutionalism: An Historical and Comparative Perspective; Lars Rudebeck When Will Independence End?: Democratisation and Civil Society in Rural Africa; Abdul Raufu Mustapha Scholars and Democratic Politics in Nigeria; Bj�rn Beckman and Attahiur M. Jega Township Organisation, Democracy, and Women's Rights in Zambia; Ann Schlyter PART V: LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Governance and Democratisation in Post-Pinochet Chile; Bosco Parra Index