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NGO-State Relations: Freedom House Status and Cooperation Versus Conflict

Schroeder, Jacquelyn Ann
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1358101658

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
Based on previous academic literature, relationships between non-governmental organizations and governments are categorized as being either generally cooperative or generally conflictual, and vary state to state. Considering an assumption that more freedom afforded to a state provides space in society for a more vibrant third sector, it seems intuitive that states with more freedom will experience more cooperative relationships with the NGO sector than states with less. However, six case studies illustrate that this may not always be a correct assumption. To test this hypothesis, Freedom House statuses between 1991 and 2011 are averaged to provide an overall status of Free (Bolivia and India), Partly Free (Ethiopia and Sierra Leone), or Not Free (Azerbaijan and Vietnam) for these cases studies. Rather than relying on a state’s Freedom House status to forecast this relationship, this study finds that leadership policies and international influence also may impact the legal environment for NGOs.
Laura Luehrmann, PhD (Committee Chair)
Vaughn Shannon, PhD (Committee Member)
Pramod Kantha, PhD (Committee Member)
125 p.
Political Science
non-governmental organizations; Freedom House; NGO laws; cooperation; conflict; Bolivia; India; Ethiopia; Sierra Leone; Azerbaijan; Vietnam

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  • Schroeder, J. A. (2012). NGO-State Relations: Freedom House Status and Cooperation Versus Conflict [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1358101658

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  • Schroeder, Jacquelyn. NGO-State Relations: Freedom House Status and Cooperation Versus Conflict. 2012. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1358101658.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schroeder, Jacquelyn. "NGO-State Relations: Freedom House Status and Cooperation Versus Conflict." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1358101658

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