 Assessing the impact of international development policies on the process of civil society participation in urban development in the countries of the South: the case of Syria, 2005--2010Sacha Hasan and Christopher McWilliams International Planning Studies, 2016, vol. 21, issue 1, 101-116 Abstract: This paper seeks to explore the effect of the international development policies promoted by the United Nations Development Programme on civil society participation in urban development process in the countries of the South. More specifically, the case of Syria during the period 2005--2010 was examined. An institutional analysis was conducted in order to investigate the question of whether development institutions in particular contexts, in terms of both the mental models and the organizational forms of development, permitted the space needed to apply this principle in practice. In this, the paper argues the need to promote a proactive approach to enable civil society participation in the countries of the South rather than a normative internationally accepted approach developed in isolation from the given political and institutional context. Date: 2016 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:cipsxx:v:21:y:2016:i:1:p:101-116 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2015.1114445 Access Statistics for this article International Planning Studies is currently edited by Shin Lee, Scott Orford and Francesca Sartorio More articles in International Planning Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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