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European Union Democracy Aid: Supporting Civil Society in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Since the end of the Cold War, the promotion of democracy has occupied centre stage in global politics and in the academic debate on international relations. Governments, intergovernmental agencies, and international donors have invested significant resources to support the democratic consolidation of fledgling democracies. The European Union (EU), which is the largest aid donor in the world, has been no exception to this trend. This book focuses on the development aid provided by the EU to the South African democracy during its first ten years of life. EU Democracy Aid is the first book to empirically analyze the EU policy towards South Africa, which has been the most longstanding and comprehensive European democracy promotion initiative in a single country and an important test-bed for the EUs effectiveness and credibility as a global democracy promoter. Building on the EUs declared goal to promote democracy from below, this study explores the potential of micro-level projects aimed at deepening democracy through grassroots civil society organizations operating in marginalized communities, where abusive and authoritarian practices often outlive the advent of democracy.It will be of interest to students and scholars of civil society, democracy, economics, development studies, European Union studies, political sociology and international relations.

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European Union Democracy Aid

This book focuses on the development aid provided by the EU to the South African democracy during its first ten years of life. EU Democracy Aid is the first book to empirically analyse the EU policy towards South Africa, which has been the most longstanding and comprehensive European democracy promotion initiative in a single country and an important test-bed for the EUs effectiveness and credibility as a global democracy promoter. Building on the EUs declared goal to promote democracy from below, this study explores the potential of micro-level projects aimed at deepening democracy through grassroots civil society organizations operating in marginalized communities, where abusive and authoritarian practices often outlive the advent of democracy.

It will be of interest to students and scholars of civil society, democracy, economics, development studies, European Union studies, political sociology, and international relations.

Lorenzo Fioramonti, PhD, is Research Fellow in Euro-African Relations at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and Fellow in International Relations at the University of Bologna (Italy). He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the European Unions external relations, civil society, democracy promotion, and international development. He is also the co-editor of CIVICUS Global Survey of the State of Civil Society (Kumarian Press, 2007) and External Perceptions of the European Union: Have You Heard of the EU? (Routledge, 2009).

Routledge/GARNET series: Europe in the world

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Karoline Postel-Vinay
Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI), France

Editorial Board: Dr Mary Farrell, Sciences Po, Paris; Dr Karoline Postel-Vinay, CERI, France; Professor Richard Higgott, University of Warwick, UK; Dr Christian Lequesne, CERI, France and Professor Thomas Risse, Free University Berlin, Germany.

International Advisory Committee: Dr Salma Bava, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Dr Knud Erik Jrgensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark; Professor Sunil Khilnani, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, USA; Dr Anne-Marie Legloannec, CERI, France; Dr Xiaobo Lu, SIPA, Columbia University; Professor James Mittelman, University of Washington, USA; Dr Karen Smith, London School of Economics, UK; Professor Ehbieta Stadtmuller, University of Wroclaw, Poland.

The Routledge GARNET series, Europe in the World, provides a forum for innovative research and current debates emanating from the research community within the GARNET Network of Excellence. GARNET is a Europe-wide network of 43 research institutions and scholars working collectively on questions around the theme of Global Governance, Regionalization and Regulation: The Role of the EU, and funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme for Research.

1 EU Foreign Policy in a Globalized World

Normative power and social preferences

Edited by Zaki Ladi

2 The Search for a European Identity

Values, policies and legitimacy of the European Union

Edited by Furio Cerutti and Sonia Lucarelli

3 The European Union and the Social Dimension of Globalization

How the EU influences the world

Edited by Jan Orbie and Lisa Tortell

4 Governance and the Depoliticisation of Development

Edited by Wil Hout and Richard Robison

5 The European Union and International Organizations

Knud Erik Jrgensen

6 The EU and Global Governance

Edited by Mario Tel

7 External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor

Edited by Sonia Lucarelli and Lorenzo Fioramonti

8 A Global Security Triangle

European, African and Asian interaction

Edited by Valeria Bello and Belachew Gebrewold

9 European Union Democracy Aid

Supporting civil society in post-apartheid South Africa

Lorenzo Fioramonti

European Union Democracy Aid

Supporting civil society in post-apartheid South Africa

Lorenzo Fioramonti

LONDON AND NEW YORK

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2010 Lorenzo Fioramonti

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ISBN 0-203-85273-7 Master e-book ISBN

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To all those South African women, men, and children for whom democracy has not come yet

Contents

Acknowledgements

This book is the culmination of six years spent in South Africa, which has now become my second home. All empirical data is based on a 14-month fieldwork, during which I crisscrossed the country for more than 17,000 kilometres. Therefore, my first thank you goes to a Volkswagen Passat that my friend Dario Fornara (at that time doctoral student in zoology at the University of Pretoria) lent me for the whole period. Thank you, Dario, for not getting upset when the engine went up in smoke.

A particular acknowledgement is due to my colleagues in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria and to its head, Professor Maxi Schoeman, for her constant assistance and mentorship and because she has always made me feel at home. I am also very grateful to Philippe C.Schmitter and Jean Blondel of the European University Institute for their constant support. This research would not have been possible without the guidance of Sonia Lucarelli, who is a great friend and an amazing colleague.

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