Assessing co-development projects for civil society building in Iraq : the case of the Iraqi diaspora and Swedish institutions following the 2003 intervention in Iraq
While the literature has expounded diaspora’s involvement in homeland politics through lobbying efforts to influence hostland foreign policies, involvement in homeland conflicts and peace-building, this paper addresses a less-explored area in the diaspora literature related to the development of democracy through transnational civil society building. Using the case study of the Iraqi diaspora in S