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Steven Sampson

Steven Sampson

Professor emeritus

Steven Sampson

From forms to norms: global projects and local practices in the Balkan NGO scene

Author

  • Steven Sampson

Summary, in English

ven the most localized rule-of-law conflicts are integrally tied to global forces. At the local level, these global discourses and resources are utilized in the local power struggles as they play themselves out in democracy promotion projects. This paper analyses the role of local NGOs in helping to institute the rule of law in the new democracies of Eastern Europe. Global democracy promotion efforts in the world of projects may actually inhibit the emergence of democratic practices. At the global/local interface, we must analyze why certain definitions or discourses triumph over the long term. It remains to be seen whether we are exporting genuine democratic norms or simply the forms of activity typical of project society.

Department/s

  • Social Anthropology

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

329-337

Publication/Series

Journal of Human Rights

Volume

2

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Social Anthropology

Keywords

  • human rights
  • social anthropology
  • civil society
  • NGOs
  • projectization
  • democracy promotion

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1475-4835