Promoting Democracy in Postcommunist Ukraine : : The Contradictory Outcomes of US Aid to Women’s NGOs / / Kateryna Pishchikova.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Pishchikova, Kateryna,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Changing Perceptions of Civil Society and Gender --; 3 Civil Society and Democratization Assistance --; 4 The History of Women’s NGO Activism in Ukraine --; 5 The Origins of Assistance in Washington, DC --; 6 Assistance Implementation in Kiev --; 7 Local Women’s NGOs as Aid Recipients --; 8 Civil Society Assistance Discourse and Its Impact --; Appendix 1 List of Interviews --; Appendix 2 Cited Documents --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781935049821; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781935049821
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kateryna Pishchikova.

Considerable material and human resources are devoted to building democratic institutions around the world. Why, then, do assistance programs fail to meet their proclaimed goals? And why aren't these programs changed or abandoned when they fail? Using US assistance to women's NGOs in postcommunist Ukraine as a case study, Kateryna Pishchikova shows why democracy promotion programs have a limited or even negative impact on democracy in recipient countries. Combining analysis of policy documents with in-depth interviews and observations, she explains the persistence of aid despite the disillusionment of its beneficiaries.