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Civil Society and the State in Africa / ed. by Donald Rothchild, Naomi Chazan, John W. Harbeson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685859350
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Civil Society and Political Renaissance in Africa -- Part 1. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 2 In Search of Civil Society -- 3 Civil Society and Political Transitions in Africa -- 4 Civil Society and Disengagement in Africa -- Part 2. EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENT -- 5 Strategies of Accumulation and Civil Society in Bushenyi, Uganda: How Dairy Farmers Responded to a Weakened State -- 6 Associational Life, Civil Society, and Democratization in Ghana -- 7 Rethinking Civil Society: Gender Implications in Contemporary Tanzania -- 8 Civil Society in Zaire: Hidden Resistance and the Use of Personal Ties in Class Struggle -- The Rise of Civic Associations Among Farmers in Cote d'Ivoire -- Part 3. CHALLENGES -- 10 The Spatial Dimensions of Civil Society in Africa: An Anthropologist Looks at Nigeria -- Civil Society, Democracy, and Economic Change in Africa: A Dissenting Opinion About Resurgent Societies -- 12 The Interactions Between State and Civil Society in Africa: From Deadlock to New Routines -- Part 4. CONCLUSIONS -- 13 Civil Society and the Study of African Politics: A Preliminary Assessment -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: This seminal book 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 theoretical approaches to employing the concept in African settings.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Civil Society and Political Renaissance in Africa -- Part 1. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 2 In Search of Civil Society -- 3 Civil Society and Political Transitions in Africa -- 4 Civil Society and Disengagement in Africa -- Part 2. EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENT -- 5 Strategies of Accumulation and Civil Society in Bushenyi, Uganda: How Dairy Farmers Responded to a Weakened State -- 6 Associational Life, Civil Society, and Democratization in Ghana -- 7 Rethinking Civil Society: Gender Implications in Contemporary Tanzania -- 8 Civil Society in Zaire: Hidden Resistance and the Use of Personal Ties in Class Struggle -- The Rise of Civic Associations Among Farmers in Cote d'Ivoire -- Part 3. CHALLENGES -- 10 The Spatial Dimensions of Civil Society in Africa: An Anthropologist Looks at Nigeria -- Civil Society, Democracy, and Economic Change in Africa: A Dissenting Opinion About Resurgent Societies -- 12 The Interactions Between State and Civil Society in Africa: From Deadlock to New Routines -- Part 4. CONCLUSIONS -- 13 Civil Society and the Study of African Politics: A Preliminary Assessment -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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This seminal book 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 theoretical approaches to employing the concept in African settings.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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