Beskrivelse:
What strategies do organizations in civil societies adopt to promote human rights under different types of ruling systems? Which patterns emerge and what are the exceptions? Are the new non-profit organizations in China the beginning of a civil society or are they just performing defined tasks on behalf of the state? How are civil society organizations able to act as policy makers in war striken Sri Lanka? Who has the ownership when promoting human rights in the Balkans? Are the local Balkan NGOs following the whistle of the international donors or are they acting as independent organizations? How is equality in partnership defined by a donor agency? Why did the Danish state encourage and assist the emergence of a civil society more than 100 years ago?

This publication raises these and other questions under it's broad title. Experience and new perspectives add fresh knowledge and views to these and other issues.