Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number muse66804 Control Number Identifier MdBmJHUP Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20180112030018.0 General Information 180109r20182017sz o 00 0 eng d International Standard Book Number 9783905758962   3905758962   9783905758894 System Control Number (OCoLC)1019666789 Cataloging Source MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP Library of Congress Call Number JQ2951.A91 K375 2017 Main Entry - Personal Name Kasfir, Nelson, author. Title Statement Kingdom, State and Civil Society in Africa [electronic resource] / Nelson Kasfir Physical Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (58 pages).) Series Statement Carl Schlettwein lecture ; 11 General Note Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE Summary, Etc. 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 Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Civil society -- Africa   Associations, institutions, etc. -- Uganda   Non-governmental organizations -- Uganda   Civil society -- Uganda Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1979-   Buganda -- Kings and rulers Index Term - Genre/Form Electronic books   Electronic books. -- local Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse,. distributor Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse           Physical Location           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC