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CIVIL SOCIETY, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM IN ARMENIA

admino — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:57:16 +0000

This report is based on Armine Ishkhanyan’s extensive qualitative field researches conducted during her three visits to Armenia. The research was assisted by the Socioscope team. The report examines the recent social mobilization of civil society groups in Armenia on environmental issues. In particular, it focuses on organized civil society campaigns against the mining industry in the country. The report examines the achievements, challenges, and obstacles of civil society in Armenia. It aims at contributing to the debate on the country’s mining industry, as well as on broader socio-economic and political developments in Armenia and in different diaspora communities.

You can read the full report here.

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Civil Fight and Political Decisions

admino — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:11:54 +0000

Only the civil society fights with the consequent destruction of the environment. How does this thesis work? At which stage of development are these public movements now? What kind of solutions are proposed by the civic activism? Armine Ishkanian, Lecturer at London School of Economics and Political Science conducted three-year-long studies on the civil movement in Armenia focusing on environmental activism and summed up the findings in her publication entitled “Civil society, development and environmental activism in Armenia”. The presentation of this book was held at EcoLur Press Club on 24 December with the participation of environmentalists, activists and ‘Socioscope’ NGO, while the author took part in the discussions on-line from London.

Read EcoLur’s full article here.

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