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Democratizing Civil Society : A Comparative Analysis of ‘Civil Society Index’ of Accountability, Transparency, and Human Rights

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2009, 7(1), pp.5~34
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general

Sungsoo Joo 1

1한양대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

With some theoretical discussions on the democratization of civil society, this article analyzes what civil society has its own democratization issues in terms of cross-national comparisons. The international comparative method is based on the analytical framework of the principles of democratization of civil society which Brysk suggested in his study of “Democratizing Civil Society in Latin America.” This article attempts to measure the ‘democratizing civil society’ empirically in terms of representation, accountability, transparency, autonomy and human rights in civil society, with major findings from Civicus Civil Society Index research on Korea and six European nations and suggest some policy lessons for Korea.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.