Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong

Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong

In Germany, political foundations (Stiftungen) play an important role in shaping civil society through political democracy education. The foundations, however, have also committed themselves to strengthening democratic political and societal structures abroad. Their joint mission abroad is the contribution to democratic structures, information and debate in the countries and regions they are working in. They complement the official German foreign policy, but choose their own priorities and strategies. The focus of this thesis is the German political foundations as actors in democracy assistance. 'Democracy assistance' focuses less on the aspects of technical assistance but much more on political parties and the promotion of civil society as the backbone of democracy. Democracy assistance is a relatively recent international development activity of governments and international organizations. In recent years the international community has come to realize the importance of political parties and a well-functioning political party system for the process of democratisation. Here the German political foundations are working internationally as actors in democracy assistance - independent from the German government but at the same time fully state-funded. The objectives of this dissertation are to understand the work and strategies of the German political foundations as actors in the context of democracy assistance abroad, research their partner spectrums on selected countries, to identify their short comings and to give an outlook of the foundations work in the future in the fast-changing global political environment.

Roseanne Greenfield Thong is a journalist and English teacher. She is the author of Green Is a Chile Pepper, Round Is a Mooncake, Red Is a Dragon, and Wish. She lives in Fountain Valley, California.
John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, designer, teacher, and fine art painter. His books have received starred reviews, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for illustration, two Pura Belpre Illustrator Honors, and the International Latino Book Award for Best Children's Book Interior Illustrations. He lives in Queens, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780811864817
ISBN 10	0811864812
Title	Red is a Dragon
Author	Roseanne Thong
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Chronicle Books
Year published	2008-06-01
Number of pages	40
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