TY - BOOK AU - Wiarda,Howard J. TI - Civil society: the American model and Third World development SN - 0813340764 (alk. paper) AV - JF60 .W5 2003 U1 - 300/.9172/4 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Westview Press KW - Civil society KW - Developing countries KW - Corporate state KW - Comparative government KW - Maatschappelijk middenveld KW - gtt KW - Ontwikkelingsproblematiek KW - United States KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-164) and index; 1 Civil society, democracy, and corporatism in the Third World -- Policy focus and audience -- Background and main questions -- Part II: Theory and concepts -- -- 2 Civil society: history and meaning(s) -- 3 Corporatist systems of civil society -- The political theory and tradition of corporatism -- Part III: Case studies in civil society -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Socioeconomic indicators -- Analysis and case studies -- South Africa -- Elements of political culture -- Civil society and state-society relations -- The international context -- Conclusion -- East Asia -- Structural change and Asian state-society relations -- The international context ER -