Civil Society and Democracy in Africa: Critical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780714649085 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 158 str.

Nelson Kasfir

Opis

This work provides a critique of the conventional wisdom in applying the concept of civil society to politics in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly to democratization. It examines the ideological roots of the conventional concepts, the reasons for the failure of civil society actors, such as the churches, to play their expected roles, the exclusion of marginalized actors, the inability of civil society organizations to act independently of the state and the failure of civil society to contribute effectively of democratizing the African state.

Spis treści

Introduction, NELSONKASFIR; Chapter 1 Uncivil Society, Capitalism and the State in Africa, IRVING LEONARDMARKOVITZ; Chapter 2 The Social Power of Religious Organisation and Civil Society: The Catholic Church in Uganda, RONALDKASSIMIR; Chapter 3 Expanding ‘Civil Society’: Women and Political Space in Contemporary Uganda, AILI MARI TRIPP; Chapter 4 Politics, Capital and the State in Sub-Saharan Africa, ROGERTANGRI; Chapter 5 Civil Society, the State and Democracy in Africa, NELSONKASFIR; Index;

O autorze

Nelson Kasfir- Dartmouth College