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The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (489 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461482628
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 301
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Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Turning the Table on Gellner: Alternative Discourses of Civil Society in Africa -- References -- Part I Core Themes -- Chapter 2 Escape from Tyranny: Civil Societyand Democratic Struggles in Africa -- Civil Society Across the Continent: Beset, but Vibrant -- Civil Society in Ghana: Setting the Agenda for Reform -- Uganda: Civil Society Under Siege -- Nigeria: Stuck in the Middle -- Analysis: Accenting the Positives -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Civil Society and Religion -- Democratizing Religious Authority -- Between Affiliation and Autonomy -- Development Dollars and African Faith-Based Initiatives: Religious Elites Remade? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Theorizing Media as/and Civil Society in Africa -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Civil Society -- Conceptualizing Civil Society in Africa -- Dominant Approaches to Media and Civil Society in Africa -- Toward An Alternative Research Agenda on Media and Civil Society in Africa -- Broadening Our Definition of Media -- Widening Our Definition of Civil Society -- Historicizing Relations Between Media and Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 G̀̀ood'' State, B̀̀ad'' State: Loss and Longing in Postcolonial Zimbabwe -- A Complex Relation to the State -- Seven Stories of the Bad State -- Stories of the (Lost) Good State -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 NGO Accountability in Africa -- Foundations of Accountability -- Accountability to Whom? -- The Challenge of Nongovernmental OrganizationsAccountability -- Nurturing a Sense of Accountability in AfricanNongovernmental Organizations -- Distortions Due to Donor Accountability Demands -- Distortions Due to Government Accountability Demands -- Self-Regulation as a Potential Solution.
Community Participation as a Potential Solution -- Conclusion and Agenda for Further Research -- References -- Part II Regional Perspectives -- Chapter 7 Civil Society in the Maghreb: Lessons from the Arab Spring -- Introduction -- The Idea -- Legitimacy in Crisis -- From Clashes to Consolidation -- Divisions and Co-Optation in the 2000s -- Conclusion: Civil Society and the Arab Spring in the Maghreb -- References -- Chapter 8 Civil Society Organizations and the State in East Africa: From the Colonial to the Modern Era -- Introduction -- Origins of CSOs in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania -- Independence -- The Advent of Multiparty Politics -- The Contemporary Context: State--CSOs Collaborations -- State and Marginalized Groups -- Challenges and Constraints -- Regulations -- Inclusivity and Diversity -- CSOs' Internal Dynamics -- Dependency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Civil Society and the Politics of Belongingin Southern Africa -- The Applicability of Civil Society in Southern Africa -- Determining the Civil Society Agenda -- Organised Civil Society and Claims to Belonging -- Unorganised Civil Society and Claims to Belonging -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Building Civil Society in West Africa:Notes from the Field -- Introduction -- Towards a History of Civil Society in West Africa -- Approaches to Building Civil Society in West Africa -- Capacity Building -- The Applicability of Standard Capacity Building Tools and Approachesto the African Context -- The Internal Politics of Capacity Building -- How Do We Measure Expertise? -- The Funding Challenge -- Regulating Civil Society -- State regulation -- Self-Regulation -- Common Norms and Standards and Peer Review -- Delegated Government Responsibility -- Donor Regulation -- Civil Society and Development: Achievements, Challenges,and Opportunities -- References.
Chapter 11 Imagining Civil Society in Zimbabweand M̀ost of the World' -- Introduction -- Civil Society in Africa -- Civil Society in Zimbabwe -- Theorising Civil Society: A Set of Organisations or a Social Space? -- Re-Positioning Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Viral Messaging, Satire, and Spacesof Resistance in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Mobile Phones and Decentralized Information -- Okada -- The Bureaucratic Absurd -- Satire -- Mechanism -- The S̀̀tickiness'' of Humor -- Spaces of Resistance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Civil Society and Conflict in West Africa -- Introduction -- Civil Society, Violence, and the Instigation of Conflict -- Civil Society, NGOs, and Humanitarianism -- Civil Society and the Postconflict Environment -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Civil Society in the Shadow of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 14 Neoliberalism and the Forms of Civil Societyin Kenya and South Africa -- Introduction -- Politics, Economy, and Civil Society: A Theoretical Statement -- Civil Society As a Relational Concept -- Civil Society As An Arena and Means of Contesting and Challenging State and Market -- Civil Society As Process -- Civil Society and Neoliberal Agenda in Africa -- Kenya and South Africa: Political Economy and Civil Society -- Implications of Conceptual Contentions for Manifestationsof African Civil Society -- African Civil Society As Part of the Historic Bloc -- Civil Society As Service Provider -- Civil Society As a Counter-Hegemonic Formation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Africa Rising? Afro-Optimism and Uncivil Society in an Era of Economic Volatility -- World Capitalist Crisis -- Unpacking the African R̀̀ecovery'' -- The Complexities of R̀̀ecovery'' -- Civil Society Fights Back -- South Africa's Marikana Massacre: M̀̀oment'' or Ẁ̀ar of Movement''? -- Conclusion -- References.
Chapter 16 Civil Society and Neoliberalism -- Introduction -- A Never-Ending Debate? -- The Neoliberal Conception of Civil Society -- The Genesis of Neoliberal Theory -- The Resonance of Neoliberal Prescriptions in Africa -- Neoliberal Theory and Practice: Ambivalencesand Contradictions -- De-Legitimisation of the State -- The Privileging of Urban NGOs and Civic Associations -- Towards an Alternative Genealogy -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV After Development: Gender, Sexuality, and Civic Change -- Chapter 17 Popular Organizations in South Africa: From Civics to Service Delivery Protests -- Civic Idealism and Its Decline -- The Promise of New Social Movements -- The Demands of Service Delivery Protests -- Violence, Profit, Parties, and Politics -- References -- Newspapers cited -- Chapter 18 Ì̀f Good Food is Cooked in One Country, We Will All Eat from It'': Women and Civil Society in Africa -- Preamble -- Women and Civil Society -- History of Women's Civil Society Groups in Africa -- Women's Groups in Independence Struggles -- Exiles and the United Nations (UN) -- The Namibian Experience -- Postconflict Period -- Contemporary Trends -- NGOization of Women's Activism -- Transnational Organizing and Networks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 NGOs, Civil Society, and Development -- Introduction -- What Does Civil Society Mean and Where Did It Come from? -- Civil Society and Development Theory -- Mainstream Approaches to Civil Society -- Alternative Approaches to Civil Society -- Africa and Its Distinct Tradition of Civil Society -- Appraising the Mainstream Approach to Civil Society in Africa -- NGOs in Partnership-Driven Development -- From Grassroots Mobilization to Service Delivery? -- The Bias Toward Western Forms of CSOs -- The Tyranny of Professionalized Development.
Conclusion: Strategic Implications for NGO in Africa---Operationalizing the Fourth Position? -- References -- Chapter 20 Civil Society and Sexual Struggles in Africa -- Introduction -- Contextualizing Sexual Diversity Strugglesin Sub-Saharan Africa -- African NGOs Involved in Sexual Struggles -- Transnational Dimensions of African Sexual Diversity Struggles -- African Sexual Diversity Struggles Continue -- References -- Chapter 21 Civil Society's Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Response to HIV/AIDS and the Rise of Civil Society Organizations -- Financing HIV/AIDS Programming---A Global Response -- Civil Society Organizations and HIV/AIDS in the African Context -- Providing HIV/AIDS Services to Affected Populations -- Managing HIV/AIDS Spending -- The Global Health Initiatives and Civil Society Organizations -- Governance, Leadership, and Advocacy -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22 Orature as a Site for Civil Contestation: Film and the Decolonization of Space and Place in Tsisti Dangarembga's Kare Kare Zvako (Mother's Day) 2005 -- Introduction -- Synopsis -- Orature as a Site for Civil Contestation -- Hunhu (Ubuntu) as Collective Consciousness -- Negotiating the Cultural Unconscious through Allegory -- Not Quite Uhuru: Hunhu and Gender Relations -- Reimagining Motherhood -- Film, Orature and Intertextual Discursive Practices -- Orality and Ritual Performance -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V Aid, Volunteering and Philanthropy -- Chapter 23 Civil Society and Aid in Africa: A Case of Mistaken Identity? -- Introduction -- Establishing the Conceptual Ground -- Civil Society -- Aid to Civil Society in Africa -- African Environments and Civil Society -- Discussion -- A Historical View.
Political Dimensions of Aid to Civil Society in Africa---Intermediation and Disassociation.
Summary: This book offers a critical perspective on civil society in Africa and positions African discourses within the framework of important regional and global debates.  It discusses core themes, regional case studies, and development of civil society.
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Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Turning the Table on Gellner: Alternative Discourses of Civil Society in Africa -- References -- Part I Core Themes -- Chapter 2 Escape from Tyranny: Civil Societyand Democratic Struggles in Africa -- Civil Society Across the Continent: Beset, but Vibrant -- Civil Society in Ghana: Setting the Agenda for Reform -- Uganda: Civil Society Under Siege -- Nigeria: Stuck in the Middle -- Analysis: Accenting the Positives -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Civil Society and Religion -- Democratizing Religious Authority -- Between Affiliation and Autonomy -- Development Dollars and African Faith-Based Initiatives: Religious Elites Remade? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Theorizing Media as/and Civil Society in Africa -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Civil Society -- Conceptualizing Civil Society in Africa -- Dominant Approaches to Media and Civil Society in Africa -- Toward An Alternative Research Agenda on Media and Civil Society in Africa -- Broadening Our Definition of Media -- Widening Our Definition of Civil Society -- Historicizing Relations Between Media and Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 G̀̀ood'' State, B̀̀ad'' State: Loss and Longing in Postcolonial Zimbabwe -- A Complex Relation to the State -- Seven Stories of the Bad State -- Stories of the (Lost) Good State -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 NGO Accountability in Africa -- Foundations of Accountability -- Accountability to Whom? -- The Challenge of Nongovernmental OrganizationsAccountability -- Nurturing a Sense of Accountability in AfricanNongovernmental Organizations -- Distortions Due to Donor Accountability Demands -- Distortions Due to Government Accountability Demands -- Self-Regulation as a Potential Solution.

Community Participation as a Potential Solution -- Conclusion and Agenda for Further Research -- References -- Part II Regional Perspectives -- Chapter 7 Civil Society in the Maghreb: Lessons from the Arab Spring -- Introduction -- The Idea -- Legitimacy in Crisis -- From Clashes to Consolidation -- Divisions and Co-Optation in the 2000s -- Conclusion: Civil Society and the Arab Spring in the Maghreb -- References -- Chapter 8 Civil Society Organizations and the State in East Africa: From the Colonial to the Modern Era -- Introduction -- Origins of CSOs in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania -- Independence -- The Advent of Multiparty Politics -- The Contemporary Context: State--CSOs Collaborations -- State and Marginalized Groups -- Challenges and Constraints -- Regulations -- Inclusivity and Diversity -- CSOs' Internal Dynamics -- Dependency -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Civil Society and the Politics of Belongingin Southern Africa -- The Applicability of Civil Society in Southern Africa -- Determining the Civil Society Agenda -- Organised Civil Society and Claims to Belonging -- Unorganised Civil Society and Claims to Belonging -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Building Civil Society in West Africa:Notes from the Field -- Introduction -- Towards a History of Civil Society in West Africa -- Approaches to Building Civil Society in West Africa -- Capacity Building -- The Applicability of Standard Capacity Building Tools and Approachesto the African Context -- The Internal Politics of Capacity Building -- How Do We Measure Expertise? -- The Funding Challenge -- Regulating Civil Society -- State regulation -- Self-Regulation -- Common Norms and Standards and Peer Review -- Delegated Government Responsibility -- Donor Regulation -- Civil Society and Development: Achievements, Challenges,and Opportunities -- References.

Chapter 11 Imagining Civil Society in Zimbabweand M̀ost of the World' -- Introduction -- Civil Society in Africa -- Civil Society in Zimbabwe -- Theorising Civil Society: A Set of Organisations or a Social Space? -- Re-Positioning Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Viral Messaging, Satire, and Spacesof Resistance in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Mobile Phones and Decentralized Information -- Okada -- The Bureaucratic Absurd -- Satire -- Mechanism -- The S̀̀tickiness'' of Humor -- Spaces of Resistance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Civil Society and Conflict in West Africa -- Introduction -- Civil Society, Violence, and the Instigation of Conflict -- Civil Society, NGOs, and Humanitarianism -- Civil Society and the Postconflict Environment -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Civil Society in the Shadow of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 14 Neoliberalism and the Forms of Civil Societyin Kenya and South Africa -- Introduction -- Politics, Economy, and Civil Society: A Theoretical Statement -- Civil Society As a Relational Concept -- Civil Society As An Arena and Means of Contesting and Challenging State and Market -- Civil Society As Process -- Civil Society and Neoliberal Agenda in Africa -- Kenya and South Africa: Political Economy and Civil Society -- Implications of Conceptual Contentions for Manifestationsof African Civil Society -- African Civil Society As Part of the Historic Bloc -- Civil Society As Service Provider -- Civil Society As a Counter-Hegemonic Formation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Africa Rising? Afro-Optimism and Uncivil Society in an Era of Economic Volatility -- World Capitalist Crisis -- Unpacking the African R̀̀ecovery'' -- The Complexities of R̀̀ecovery'' -- Civil Society Fights Back -- South Africa's Marikana Massacre: M̀̀oment'' or Ẁ̀ar of Movement''? -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 16 Civil Society and Neoliberalism -- Introduction -- A Never-Ending Debate? -- The Neoliberal Conception of Civil Society -- The Genesis of Neoliberal Theory -- The Resonance of Neoliberal Prescriptions in Africa -- Neoliberal Theory and Practice: Ambivalencesand Contradictions -- De-Legitimisation of the State -- The Privileging of Urban NGOs and Civic Associations -- Towards an Alternative Genealogy -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV After Development: Gender, Sexuality, and Civic Change -- Chapter 17 Popular Organizations in South Africa: From Civics to Service Delivery Protests -- Civic Idealism and Its Decline -- The Promise of New Social Movements -- The Demands of Service Delivery Protests -- Violence, Profit, Parties, and Politics -- References -- Newspapers cited -- Chapter 18 Ì̀f Good Food is Cooked in One Country, We Will All Eat from It'': Women and Civil Society in Africa -- Preamble -- Women and Civil Society -- History of Women's Civil Society Groups in Africa -- Women's Groups in Independence Struggles -- Exiles and the United Nations (UN) -- The Namibian Experience -- Postconflict Period -- Contemporary Trends -- NGOization of Women's Activism -- Transnational Organizing and Networks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 NGOs, Civil Society, and Development -- Introduction -- What Does Civil Society Mean and Where Did It Come from? -- Civil Society and Development Theory -- Mainstream Approaches to Civil Society -- Alternative Approaches to Civil Society -- Africa and Its Distinct Tradition of Civil Society -- Appraising the Mainstream Approach to Civil Society in Africa -- NGOs in Partnership-Driven Development -- From Grassroots Mobilization to Service Delivery? -- The Bias Toward Western Forms of CSOs -- The Tyranny of Professionalized Development.

Conclusion: Strategic Implications for NGO in Africa---Operationalizing the Fourth Position? -- References -- Chapter 20 Civil Society and Sexual Struggles in Africa -- Introduction -- Contextualizing Sexual Diversity Strugglesin Sub-Saharan Africa -- African NGOs Involved in Sexual Struggles -- Transnational Dimensions of African Sexual Diversity Struggles -- African Sexual Diversity Struggles Continue -- References -- Chapter 21 Civil Society's Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Response to HIV/AIDS and the Rise of Civil Society Organizations -- Financing HIV/AIDS Programming---A Global Response -- Civil Society Organizations and HIV/AIDS in the African Context -- Providing HIV/AIDS Services to Affected Populations -- Managing HIV/AIDS Spending -- The Global Health Initiatives and Civil Society Organizations -- Governance, Leadership, and Advocacy -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22 Orature as a Site for Civil Contestation: Film and the Decolonization of Space and Place in Tsisti Dangarembga's Kare Kare Zvako (Mother's Day) 2005 -- Introduction -- Synopsis -- Orature as a Site for Civil Contestation -- Hunhu (Ubuntu) as Collective Consciousness -- Negotiating the Cultural Unconscious through Allegory -- Not Quite Uhuru: Hunhu and Gender Relations -- Reimagining Motherhood -- Film, Orature and Intertextual Discursive Practices -- Orality and Ritual Performance -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V Aid, Volunteering and Philanthropy -- Chapter 23 Civil Society and Aid in Africa: A Case of Mistaken Identity? -- Introduction -- Establishing the Conceptual Ground -- Civil Society -- Aid to Civil Society in Africa -- African Environments and Civil Society -- Discussion -- A Historical View.

Political Dimensions of Aid to Civil Society in Africa---Intermediation and Disassociation.

This book offers a critical perspective on civil society in Africa and positions African discourses within the framework of important regional and global debates.  It discusses core themes, regional case studies, and development of civil society.

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