civil society

Almost two decades after the wave of political transitions to "democracy" in South America, the effective protection of human rights ...

Any analysis of civil society in Cuba faces two major difficulties, one of a theoretical and the other of a ...

By the mid 1990s, it was apparent that something astounding was happening in Mexico, home of the world’s longest-running single ...

During the first three decades of the revolution, there was a gradual transformation of the Cuban population's values in favor ...

If we define actors (social, political, economic) as groups having a distinctive public profile and defined interests vis-à-vis the system ...

In late April, 1965, some 20,000 U.S. marines stormed the beaches of Santo Domingo in a successful attempt to crush ...

In Latin America, NGOs have historical roots in the Catholic Church's fear of social unrest. In the 1950s, the Church ...

It is often assumed that the growth of NGOs in Latin America reflects a strengthening of civil society. But in ...