Subject(s): Rural Social Movement -- Non-governmental organizations -- Civil society, state and non governmental organizations in central America : Evolution of NGOs in north and south, interpreting civil society, role of NGOs in civil society -- State and civil society in central America : Costa Rica- Hegemony and civil society, economic crisis and state response in Costa Rica, state agrarian policy and rural social movements in costa Rica, political exclusion and popular struggle in Nicaragua, rural organization and agrarian reform in Nicaragua -- Political role of Non- governmental organizations in Costa Rica : NGO in Costa Rica, AID-NGO connection, costa Rican case studies, development strategies, popular participation, role of international agencies -- Political role of non governmental organizations in Nicaragua : Development of NGOs in Nicaragua, Nicaraguan case studies, development strategies, popular participation, role of international agencies -- Towards global civil society : Evaluating NGO assistance- effects on material conditions, effects in civil society, linking civil societies globally