Lorch, Jasmin

Civil society and mirror images of weak states : Bangladesh and the Philippines / Jasmin Lorch. - xi, 280 pages.

Includes index.

Analysing civil society in weak states -- State weakness and civil society in Bangladesh -- State weakness and civil society in the Philippines -- Mirror images of weak states : civil societies in Bangladesh and the Philippines -- Conclusion and debate.

This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies.

9781137554611

2016948425


Human rights--Bangladesh.

JC599.B33 / L67 2017