Civil Society In Africa

Author : John Willis Harbeson,Donald S. Rothchild,Naomi Chazan
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555876412

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Civil Society and the State in Africa by John Willis Harbeson,Donald S. Rothchild,Naomi Chazan Pdf

This text examines the potential value of the concept of civil society for enhancing the current understanding of state-society relations in Africa. The authors review the meanings of civil society in political philosophy, as well as alternative approaches to employing the concept in African settings. Considering both the patterns of emerging civil society in Africa and issues relating to its further development, they give particular emphasis to the cases of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.

Author : Nelson Kasfir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136323119

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Civil Society and Democracy in Africa by Nelson Kasfir Pdf

This work critically reviews the conventional uses of the concept of civil society in promoting democratization in Africa and suggests omissions and modifications are needed for more accurate analyses.

Author : John L. Comaroff,Jean Comaroff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226114147

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Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa by John L. Comaroff,Jean Comaroff Pdf

The essays in this important new collection explore the diverse, unexpected, and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has recently entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. In a substantial introduction, anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff offer a critical theoretical analysis of the nature and deployment of the concept—and the current debates surrounding it. Building on this framework, the contributors investigate the "problem" of civil society across their regions of expertise, which cover the continent. Drawing creatively on one another's work, they examine the impact of colonial ideology, postcoloniality, and development practice on discourses of civility, the workings of everyday politics, the construction of new modes of selfhood, and the pursuit of moral community. Incisive and original, the book shows how struggles over civil society in Africa reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era. It also makes a strong case for the contribution of historical anthropology to contemporary discourses on the rise of a "new world order."

Author : Abadir M. Ibrahim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319183831

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The Role of Civil Society in Africa’s Quest for Democratization by Abadir M. Ibrahim Pdf

This book tests many of the assumptions, hypotheses, and conclusions connected with the presumed role of civil society organizations in the democratization of African countries. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at countries that have successfully democratized, those that are stuck between progress and regression, those that have regressed into dictatorship, and those that are currently in transitional flux and evaluates what role, if any, civil society has played in each instance. The countries discussed—South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and Tunisia—represent a diverse set of social and political circumstances and different levels of democratic achievement, providing a rich set of case studies. Each sample state also offers an internal comparison, as each has historically experienced different stages of democratization. Along the course of each case study, the book also considers the effect that other traditionally studied factors, such as culture, colonization, economic development and foreign aid, may have had on individual attempts at democratization. The first extensive work on civil society and democratization in Africa, the book adds new insights to the applicability of democratization theory in a non-Western context, both filling a gap in and adding to the existing universal scholarship. This book will be useful for scholars of political science, economics, sociology and African studies, as well as human rights activists and policy makers in the relevant geographical areas.

Author : Eghosa E. Osaghae
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X004039841

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Between State and Civil Society in Africa by Eghosa E. Osaghae Pdf

Author : Lennart Wohlgemuth
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171064508

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Common Security and Civil Society in Africa by Lennart Wohlgemuth Pdf

This book is the outcome of a conference on common security and civil society in Africa. The contributions seek to go beyond the "war of images" to imagine a different and more secure future. They are concerned with five different themes: economic and social change; prevention of violent conflicts; the causes of conflict; political security, and the international politics of development partnership.

Author : Stephen N. Ndegwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015002301159

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The Two Faces of Civil Society by Stephen N. Ndegwa Pdf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Nelson Kasfir
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783905758962

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Kingdom, State and Civil Society in Africa by Nelson Kasfir Pdf

Civil society is one of several Western political and social concepts that have not traveled successfully to Africa. Revived in response to the search for democracy in Eastern Europe during the late Soviet era, Western donors promoted and funded new civil society organizations in sub-Saharan Africa, regarding them as an essential grounding for African democratization. Most of these new civil society organizations had little in common with African associational activity. Focusing on the characteristics and behavior of long-standing African organizations would appear a better starting point for developing a useful concept of an African civil society. One candidate worth serious investigation is the Buganda Kingdom Government. This organization violates most distinctions central to Western notions of civil society. Yet it continues to behave like a civil society organization. Its political and conceptual collisions offer guidance toward a useful notion of African civil society and understanding Ugandan politics.

Author : Mbaye Lo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789994296835

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Civil Society-based Governance in Africa by Mbaye Lo Pdf

This book examines the liberal conception of civil society and its applicability to the context of Africa. Although it acknowledges the reality of civil society as a paradigmatic way of thinking about democracy and good governance, it questions the conception of civil society and its use for development in Africa. The book argues that if the concept of civil society is to be successful, it has to capture fully and correctly most aspects of Africa's associational life without leaving out major portions of the socio-political mosaic. Only then, can the concept of civil society be a legitimate tool for recognizing groups and associations and organizing their problems and claims for a sustainable democracy. The African experience is different from the liberal context of civil society. The liberal argument of civil society springs from the Western conception of state-society relationships. In this convention, power, authoritarianism and exploitation are the exclusive property of the state, while society belongs to the realm of freedom, rights, and liberty To examine this argument, this study uses Senegal as a case study to explore how the idiosyncrasy of societal development in this country has constructed and produced different types of associational life and how they fit within the liberal conception of civil society. Senegal was selected as an ideal case because it is widely regarded as a vibrant model of civil society and democracy. In essence, the question is whether the civil society that exists in Senegal conforms to the liberal argument of civil. The findings reveal that, in Senegal, civil society differs in many forms from the liberal propositions.

Author : Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa,Ossrea
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9789994455324

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Good Governance and Civil Society Participation in Africa by Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa,Ossrea Pdf

governments and the public at large. --Book Jacket.

Author : Clive Gabay,Carl Death
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317686132

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Critical Perspectives on African Politics by Clive Gabay,Carl Death Pdf

Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’. Current attempts to support growth and democracy are part of a longer history of promoting projects of disciplinary, regulatory and liberal rule and values beyond ‘the West’. Yet this is not simply Western domination of a passive continent. Such an interpretation misses out on the complexities and nuances of the politics of state-building and civil society promotion, and the central role of African agency. Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa. It seeks to develop a theoretically informed critical approach to discourses and interventions such as those associated with broadly ‘Western’ initiatives in Africa. In doing so, the book highlights the power relations, inequalities, coercion and violence that are deeply implicated within contemporary international interventions on the African continent. Providing a range of empirical cases and theoretical approaches, the chapters are united by their critical treatment of political dynamics in Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, development studies, postcolonial theory, International Relations, international political economy and peacekeeping/making.

Author : Hippolyt A. S. Pul,Irene Omolola Adadevoh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131975307

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Civil Society, Governance, and Regional Integration in Africa by Hippolyt A. S. Pul,Irene Omolola Adadevoh Pdf

Author : Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala,Geoff Thomas Harris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030951782

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Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene by Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala,Geoff Thomas Harris Pdf

This book examines civil society's peacebuilding role in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of climate change and the pursuit of environmental peace and justice in the Anthropocene. Five main research themes emerge from its 20 chapters: · The roles of environmental peacemaking, environmental justice, ecological education and eco-ethics in helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change · Peacebuilding by CSOs after violent conflicts, with particular reference to accountability, reconciliation and healing · CSO involvement in democratic processes and political transition after violent conflicts · Relationships between local CSOs and their foreign funders and the interactions between CSOs and the African Union's peace and security architecture. · The particular role of faith-based CSOs The book underlines the centrality of dialogue to African peacebuilding and the indigenous wisdom and philosophies on which it is based. Such wisdom will be a key resource in confronting the existential challenges of the Anthropocene. The book will be a significant resource for researchers, academics and policymakers concerned with the challenge of climate change, its interactions with armed conflict and the peacebuilding role of CSOs. · This pathbreaking book shows why peacebuilding analysis and efforts need to be urgently re-oriented towards the existential challenges of environmental peace and justice. · It explains the emerging conceptual frameworks which are needed for this new role. · It explains the critical role that CSOs - local and international - will play in implementing this new peacebuilding approach, with particular reference to sub- Saharan Africa.

Author : Ibrahim Natil,Chiara Pierobon,Lilian Tauber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429560026

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The Power of Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa by Ibrahim Natil,Chiara Pierobon,Lilian Tauber Pdf

This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well as more long-standing challenges and constraints in the region. In recent years, local civil society actors have faced significant challenges from social conservatism, conflict, violence, and the absence of democracy and exclusive political systems. Over the course of the book, the authors investigate how the sector has succeeded in achieving its own objectives despite these shifting conditions, the restrictive political environment and the complexity of the socio-cultural and economic context. Structured around the three themes of peace-building, development, and change, the book also addresses challenges faced by civil society organizations linked to ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversities as well as religious salient differences that are crucial markers of social and political identity. Case studies are drawn from the Palestinian Occupied Territories, Jordan, Iran, Nigeria, Niger, Egypt, and Morocco, and particular effort has been made to showcase original research from contributors who are from the region . This book will be of particular interest to researchers working on development, peace-building, conflict resolution, civil society, and politics within the MENA region.

Author : Morris Odhiambo,Rudy Chitiga
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781928331193

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The Civil Society Guide to Regional Economic Communities in Africa by Morris Odhiambo,Rudy Chitiga Pdf

Since 1963, when the African integration project was born, regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been an indispensable part of the continents deeper socioeconomic and political integration. More than half a century later, such regional institutions continue to evolve, keeping pace with an Africa that is transforming itself amid challenges and opportunities. RECs represent a huge potential to be the engines that drive the continents economic growth and development as well as being vehicles through which a sense of a continental community is fostered. It is critical therefore that citizens understand the multi-faceted and bureaucratic operations of regional institutions in order to use them to advance their collective interests.