TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing civil society
T2 - Democratisation and the environmental movement in a Russian region
AU - Crotty, Jo
N1 - Funding Information:
Outside of the state sponsored NGOs, funding from international sources was very limited. The Samara city branch of the Socio-Ecological Union (SSEU) had won two small grants from the Soros Foundation. Both were directed at improving public access to environmental information in Samara oblast. The Soros Foundation funded the setting up of a website and the publishing a pamphlet that contained information pertaining to environmental quality in the Samara oblast, including details of the regulatory environment.
PY - 2003/12/1
Y1 - 2003/12/1
N2 - The stalling of civil society development within the Russian Federation and its attendant causes have been a focus of academic study since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Alongside the emergence of a fragmented and chronically under-funded community of advocacy groups, the literature points to a rejection of democratic structures by the Russian populace and an absence of active civil engagement. Consequently, the international community has sought to bolster the growth and development of the Russian third sector by funding projects and organisations with a view to increasing public participation. Utilising research undertaken in Samara oblast of the Russian Federation, this paper examines the role played by overseas donor agencies within the Samara Environmental Movement (SEM). In examining both the quality and quantity of donor assistance received, it reveals a number of dysfunctions arising from this aid, and in particular, a lack of contextualisation and mis-direction of the assistance offered vis-à-vis citizen participation, alongside other behavioural impacts of donor funding within the SEM itself.
AB - The stalling of civil society development within the Russian Federation and its attendant causes have been a focus of academic study since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Alongside the emergence of a fragmented and chronically under-funded community of advocacy groups, the literature points to a rejection of democratic structures by the Russian populace and an absence of active civil engagement. Consequently, the international community has sought to bolster the growth and development of the Russian third sector by funding projects and organisations with a view to increasing public participation. Utilising research undertaken in Samara oblast of the Russian Federation, this paper examines the role played by overseas donor agencies within the Samara Environmental Movement (SEM). In examining both the quality and quantity of donor assistance received, it reveals a number of dysfunctions arising from this aid, and in particular, a lack of contextualisation and mis-direction of the assistance offered vis-à-vis citizen participation, alongside other behavioural impacts of donor funding within the SEM itself.
KW - Development of civil society
KW - Lack of contextualisation and mis-direction of foreign assistance
KW - Russian Federation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2003.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2003.09.006
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:0242653697
SN - 0967-067X
VL - 36
SP - 489
EP - 508
JO - Communist and Post-Communist Studies
JF - Communist and Post-Communist Studies
IS - 4
ER -
