Democracy Building and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Armenia

2003 elections Abrahamian accessed advocacy anti-domestic violence campaign April argued Armenian diaspora Armenian NGOs Azerbaijan Bermeo bilateral building and civil capacity building Chapter civic civil society organizations civil society strengthening climate of fear Communist Council of Europe countries critical culture debate democracy building democracy promotion democratic demonstrations diaspora discourses discuss domestic violence donor agencies Eastern Europe economic elections engaged in democracy European foreign former Soviet funding gender global grant groups Hemment Howell human rights NGOs ideologies impact important independent institutions interviewed Ishkanian issue Libaridian March NGOC NGOs in Armenia official oligarchs Open Society Institute Panossian participation parties political post-socialist post-Soviet problem projects resistance respondents rights NGO leaders role Russian shelters six NGOs social society and democracy society strengthening programmes Soviet legacy Soviet Union tion trainer transition UNDP USAID Vanadzor Western donors women women’s NGOs women’s rights Yerevan Yerevan State University