10 The Spatial Dimensions of Civil Society in Africa: An Anthropologist Looks at Nigeria

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Civil Society and Political Renaissance in Africa 1
5. Part 1. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
6. 2 In Search of Civil Society 33
7. 3 Civil Society and Political Transitions in Africa 51
8. 4 Civil Society and Disengagement in Africa 83
9. Part 2. EMPIRICAL DEVELOPMENT
10. 5 Strategies of Accumulation and Civil Society in Bushenyi, Uganda: How Dairy Farmers Responded to a Weakened State 103
11. 6 Associational Life, Civil Society, and Democratization in Ghana 125
12. 7 Rethinking Civil Society: Gender Implications in Contemporary Tanzania 149
13. 8 Civil Society in Zaire: Hidden Resistance and the Use of Personal Ties in Class Struggle 169
14. The Rise of Civic Associations Among Farmers in Cote d'Ivoire 191
15. Part 3. CHALLENGES
16. 10 The Spatial Dimensions of Civil Society in Africa: An Anthropologist Looks at Nigeria 215
17. Civil Society, Democracy, and Economic Change in Africa: A Dissenting Opinion About Resurgent Societies 231
18. 12 The Interactions Between State and Civil Society in Africa: From Deadlock to New Routines 255
19. Part 4. CONCLUSIONS
20. 13 Civil Society and the Study of African Politics: A Preliminary Assessment 285
21. The Contributors 301
22. Index 303
23. About the Book 312