Strategic foreign assistance : civil society in international security / A. Lawrence Chickering ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chickering, A. Lawrence.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 544.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 544

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Prevention--International cooperation.

Terrorism.

Security, International.

Civil society--Developing countries.

Civil society.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy.

United States.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 142 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, [2006]

Summary:

The emergence of global terrorism has created a new reality in national and international security. Governments and peoples must come together to encourage economic, political, legal, and social change within weak societies in which terrorists take refuge and to assist deadlocked governments in overcoming the explosive legacies of religious and ethnic conflict. In Strategic Foreign Assistance the authors show that, to do this, the United States must develop a strategic international cooperation and assistance policy that fosters strong civil societies.

The book details the key role that civil society organizations (CSOs) could play in mitigating the conditions that promote terrorists and terrorism. The authors reveal how CSOs can help nations overcome internal conflicts by attacking the roots of violence and empowering people directly affected by the conflict to develop culturally appropriate strategies to pacify violent regions. They explain the value of informal society-based, nonstate initiatives-including initiatives aimed at religious leaders-in recruiting a country's citizens in the efforts for peace. And they show how CSOs can help accomplish strategic objectives for promoting social development and changing state policies in such critical areas as economic and educational policy reform, empowerment of women, property rights for the poor, and other vital areas.

Contents:

Toward strategic foreign assistance

Economic development

Empowering women

Citizens as partners in the search for peace

Roles of civil society during and after conflicts

Strategies for reform.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0817947124

OCLC:

62421230

Publisher Number:

9780817947125