Transparency Vs. Delegitimization? Shrinking Space for Foreign-Funded Organizations in Democracies: Hungary and Israel

• Main Author: Horvath, Kinga Zsofia
• Other Authors: Herrold, Catherine
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: NGO; Hungary; Israel; Foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations; Cross-border giving; Regulation; Philanthropy; Foreign agents
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1805/18517

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === The shrinking space for civil society and the increasing number of unfavorable legislation affecting the work of non-governmental organizations continue to be burning issues for global philanthropy. Using a case study approach, this thesis explores how democracies regulate the operation of foreign-funded non-governmental organizations in Hungary and Israel. This thesis examines what the presumed and real motivations of democratic governments are to adapt such regulations and how the political, economic and socio-cultural environments might influence their enactment. This thesis also compares the Hungarian and Israeli regulations to the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act.