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Civil Society Under Different Political and Aid Regimes in Nicaragua

Autor*innen: Axel Borchgrevink
https://doi.org/10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-31-1-30
Volume XXXI • Issue 1 • 2015
Seiten 30-47

Abstract

While the term civil society is frequently used in academic writings and development discourses, there is a tendency to conflate different and potentially conflicting meanings of the concept. This article uses a historical analysis of Nicaragua to develop a more useful understanding of civil society. Nicaragua has undergone dramatic political changes over the past 35 years, including significant changes to its civil society. I argue that assumptions of civil societys value orientation must be discarded; that boundaries between civil society and the state are neither fixed nor absolute; and that development cooperation has important structuring effects for civil society in aid-dependent countries.

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