Civil Society, Legitimacy and Political Space: Why Some Organisations are More Vulnerable to Restrictions than Others in Violent and Divided Contexts

Popplewell, Rowan

doi:10.1007/s11266-018-9949-2

Cited by 16 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Peru in 2017 and 2018, I argue that the criminalization of social protest is a form of governing dissent groups that oppose large-scale extractive projects. These restrictions on the scope of action of civil society organizations have been observed in various regions of the world in recent years and have been referred to in terms of the concept of a shrinking space for civil society (Della Porta and Steinhilper 2021; Popplewell 2018; Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders 2016). In the context of resource extractivism, in particular, governments tend to constrain grassroots movements and activists by limiting civic participation and restricting political rights (Terwindt and Schliemann 2017a, 2017b).…”

Section: Notes From the Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Dark Side of Judicialization: Criminalizing Mining Protests in Peru

Lindt

2023

Lat. Am. res. rev.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Social conflicts stemming from industrial mining projects in Peru have increasingly been fought in court cases in recent years. This article analyzes the dark side of this judicialization of mining conflicts, a process through which state authorities criminalize participation in social protests and attempt to prevent the mobilization of social movements. This use of the law by public authorities is an example of the so-called shrinking space in which the scope of action of civil society actors is increasingly restricted and constrained worldwide. This article presents an in-depth analysis of a specific court case against a group of mining opponents in the Cajamarca region of Peru. Based on ethnographic field research conducted in Peru, the article discusses three different modalities of the law’s domination, exploring the various ways the law rules those who oppose large-scale extractive projects.

show abstract

Section: Notes From the Fieldmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Dark Side of Judicialization: Criminalizing Mining Protests in Peru

Lindt

2023

Lat. Am. res. rev.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…As a result, these groups are sometimes accused of being "grass without roots," 23 and their legitimacy questioned. 24 A common critique for especially civil society organizations dependent on foreign funds is that these actors are more responsive to donors' concerns as opposed to the needs of the local communities they are supposed to serve, which means these organizations are viewed as advocating for issues that are important to Western audiences, not to local people. Indeed, Dupuy and Prakash, "Why Restrictive NGO Foreign" argue that it is unsurprising that when governments decide to crackdown on NGOs and justify it by branding NGOs as foreign agents, there is little popular opposition by citizens in response.…”

Section: Government Repression and Public Opinion In Africa Regarding...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Government repression and citizen support for democratic rights in Africa

Selvik

Dupuy

2023

Democratization

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Public opinion polls conducted over the past five years point to a downward trend in African citizens' support for civil society and media freedoms. This is despite the flourishing of civil society and media actors as well as the expansion of democracy on the continent in the post-Cold War period. What explains this downward trend in public support? We use cross-national polling data from the Afrobarometer survey to examine the decline in public support for freedoms of association and media between 2011 and 2018 in the African context, a continent that has experienced decades of democratization waves and pressure. Using a multilevel statistical modelling approach, we analyse the influence of government repression of civil society and media actors on citizen support for enhanced government control over freedoms of association and the media. Our study shows that the government's repressive actions against civil society and media actors increases the probability that citizens will support control over association and media freedoms. Concerningly, this suggests government clampdowns on democratic rights influences the African publics to support such clampdowns, potentially legitimizing them.

show abstract

“…The legitimacy of NGOs/CSOs in Burundi has also been attributed to benefit local authorities from their capacity to attract foreign financing. In such circumstances, NGOs are able to forge closer ties with political actors (Bawole & Hossain, 2015;Popplewell, 2018). However, the evaluation indicates that community responses have generated their own revenue, which contributes to the project's intended outcomes.…”

Section: Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resource Mobilization and Performance of Women Repatriate Association in Burundi

AMANDINE,

MUTUKU, PhD

2023

strategicjournals.com

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study evaluated how Women Repatriate Association in Burundi (WRAB) performance was affected by mobilization of resources, objectives being: to explicitly find out the influence of acquisition of financial resource on performance of WRAB, to assess the effect of mapping human resources on performance of WRAB and to gauge the influence of acquisition of physical resources on performance of WRAB. Resource based theory by Wernerfelt (1984), resource mobilization theory by Buechler ( 2009) and Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (1984) will be used to explain the study. The study included both quantitative as well as qualitative methods of research. The population targeted for the study included a hundred personnel from the 6 projects under the Women Repatriate Association of Burundi, among them officials, coordinators, and leaders in the association. A sample of 80 respondents from WRAB projects, 57 responded indicating a response rate of 71.25%. The data were examined for dependability, analyzed with SPSS V23, and the results were presented in accordance with the specified aims. Results positively associated financial resources with success in project performance, a significantly positive relation between human resources and project performance, and a very significant yet beneficial relationship between physical resources and WRAB performance.

show abstract

Civil Society, Legitimacy and Political Space: Why Some Organisations are More Vulnerable to Restrictions than Others in Violent and Divided Contexts

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

The Dark Side of Judicialization: Criminalizing Mining Protests in Peru

The Dark Side of Judicialization: Criminalizing Mining Protests in Peru

Government repression and citizen support for democratic rights in Africa

Resource Mobilization and Performance of Women Repatriate Association in Burundi

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About