Civil Society and the State in Africa

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Civil Society and the State in Africa is written by John Willis Harbeson and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1555876412 (ISBN 10) and 9781555876418 (ISBN 13).

This text 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 approaches to employing the concept in African settings. Considering both the patterns of emerging civil society in Africa and issues relating to its further development, they give particular emphasis to the cases of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.