The Handbook of Civil Society in Africa

489 Pages·2014·3.38 MB·English

by  Dr. Ebenezer Obadare (auth.)

Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
An International Multidisciplinary Series
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Ebenezer Obadare
Editor
The Handbook of Civil
Society in Africa
I S T R
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Editor
EbenezerObadare
UniversityofKansas
Lawrence
Kansas
USA
ISSN1568-2579
ISBN978-1-4614-8261-1 ISBN978-1-4614-8262-8 (eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-1-4614-8262-8
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Contents
1 Introduction:Turning theTable on Gellner:Alternative Discourses
ofCivilSocietyinAfrica ........................................ 1
EbenezerObadare
PartI CoreThemes
2 EscapefromTyranny:CivilSocietyandDemocraticStruggles
inAfrica ...................................................... 7
DarrenKewandModupeOshikoya
3 CivilSocietyandReligion....................................... 25
ShobanaShankar
4 TheorizingMediaas/andCivilSocietyinAfrica ................... 43
WendyWillems
5 “Good” State, “Bad” State: Loss and Longing in Postcolonial
Zimbabwe..................................................... 61
JuliaGallagher
6 NGOAccountabilityinAfrica ................................... 77
RonelleBurgerandDineoSeabe
PartII RegionalPerspectives
7 CivilSocietyintheMaghreb:LessonsfromtheArabSpring ........ 95
JamesSater
8 CivilSocietyOrganizationsandtheStateinEastAfrica:
FromtheColonialtotheModernEra ............................ 109
PriscillaWamucii
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9 CivilSocietyandthePoliticsofBelonginginSouthernAfrica ....... 125
DanielHammett
10 BuildingCivilSocietyinWestAfrica:NotesfromtheField ......... 143
TitilopeMamattah
11 ImaginingCivilSocietyinZimbabweand‘MostoftheWorld’ ...... 157
KirkHelliker
12 ViralMessaging,Satire,andSpacesofResistanceinNigeria ........ 175
CaroleEnahoro
13 CivilSocietyandConflictinWestAfrica.......................... 199
NiklasHultin
PartIII CivilSocietyintheShadowofNeoliberalism
14 NeoliberalismandtheFormsofCivilSocietyinKenya
andSouthAfrica............................................... 215
JacobMwathiMati
15 AfricaRising?Afro-OptimismandUncivilSocietyinanEra
ofEconomicVolatility .......................................... 233
PatrickBond
16 CivilSocietyandNeoliberalism.................................. 253
UsmanA.Tar
PartIV AfterDevelopment:Gender,Sexuality,andCivicChange
17 PopularOrganizationsinSouthAfrica:FromCivicstoService
DeliveryProtests............................................... 275
ElkeZuern
18 “IfGoodFoodisCookedinOneCountry,WeWillAllEat
fromIt”:WomenandCivilSocietyinAfrica ...................... 293
HannahBrittonandTaylorPrice
19 NGOs,CivilSociety,andDevelopment ........................... 311
BadruBukenyaandSamHickey
20 CivilSocietyandSexualStrugglesinAfrica ....................... 337
AshleyCurrierandJoëlleM.Cruz
21 CivilSociety’sResponsetotheHIV/AIDSCrisisinAfrica .......... 361
RichardG.Wamai
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22 OratureasaSiteforCivilContestation:FilmandtheDecolonization
ofSpaceandPlaceinTsistiDangarembga’sKareKareZvako
(Mother’sDay)2005 ............................................ 399
BunmiOyinsan
PartV Aid,VolunteeringandPhilanthropy
23 CivilSocietyandAidinAfrica:ACaseofMistakenIdentity? ....... 417
AlanFowler
24 Volunteering,CivicServiceandCivilSocietyinAfrica.............. 439
HelenePeroldandLaurenGraham
25 PhilanthropicFoundationsandCivilSocietyinSub-SaharanAfrica 457
ChristianaLaribaAtibil
26 Volunteering,CivicAgency,andCitizenshipinAfrica .............. 475
EbenezerObadare
Index ............................................................ 483
Contributors
Christiana LaribaAtibil is a doctoral candidate in Philanthropic Studies at the
Indiana University School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis(IUPUI).SheholdsanMAinPoliticalSciencefromPurdueUniversity,
WestLafayette,IndianaandanMPAinNonprofitManagementfromtheSchoolof
PublicandEnvironmentalAffairs(SPEA)atIndianaUniversity.Herresearchinter-
estsincludeAfricancivilsociety,philanthropicfoundationsandindigenousAfrican
philanthropy. Her articles have appeared inVoluntas and Journal of International
PoliticsandDevelopment
Indiana University School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis(IUPUI),Indianapolis,USA
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr.PatrickBond isapoliticaleconomistandseniorprofessorattheUniversityof
KwaZulu-NatalSchoolofBuiltEnvironmentandDevelopmentStudiesinDurban,
where he directs the Centre for Civil Society. Amongst his authored, edited and
co-editedbooksare: PoliticsofClimateJustice(2012); Durban’sClimateGamble
(2011);Zuma’sOwnGoal(2010);ClimateChange,CarbonTradingandCivilSoci-
ety(2009);TheAccumulationofCapitalinSouthernAfrica(2007);LootingAfrica
(2006); Talk Left, Walk Right (2006); Fanon’s Warning (2005); Elite Transition
(2005); Zimbabwe’s Plunge (2003); Against GlobalApartheid (2003); Unsustain-
able South Africa (2002); Cities of Gold, Townships of Coal (2000); and Uneven
Zimbabwe(1998).
School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-
Natal,Durban,SouthAfrica
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr. Hannah Britton is anAssociate Professor of Political Science and Women,
Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas. She is the Director of
theCenterforInternationalPoliticalAnalysisattheInstituteforPolicyandSocial
ResearchattheUniversityofKansas.Hermajorresearchinterestsfocusongender
andpoliticsinAfrica,specificallyexamininghowgenderisusedasasiteofmobi-
lizationforwomen’spoliticaladvancement,particularlyindemocratizingcontexts.
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Britton’sscholarshiphasfocusedonwomeninAfricanlegislatures,civilsociety,and
governmentbureaucracies. Sheiscurrentlyworkingonseveralnewprojects: state
strategiesforaddressinggender-basedviolenceinsouthernAfrica,governanceand
AIDSinAfrica,andacomparativeanalysisofhumantraffickingpolicies.
UniversityofKansas,Lawrence,USA
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr.BadruBukenya isadevelopmentanalystandpractitioner.Hehaspreviously
workedwithUganda’slargestNGO,TheAIDSSupportOrganisation(TASO).He
iscurrentlyaResearchAssociateattheEffectiveStatesandInclusiveDevelopment
Centre(ESID),UniversityofManchester.Hisresearchinterestsareinthepoliticsof
civilsociety,servicedelivery,statebuildingandcitizenshipformationinAfrica.
Effective States and Inclusive Development Centre (ESID), University of Manch-
ester,Manchester,UK
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr. Ronelle Burger is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics,
StellenboschUniversity,SouthAfrica.SheholdsanMPhilinEconomicsfromCam-
bridge University, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Heressayshaveappearedinmanyleadingjournals,includingWorldDevelopment,
JournalofInternationalDevelopment,andTheSouthAfricanJournalofEconomics.
DepartmentofEconomics,StellenboschUniversity,Stellenbosch,SouthAfrica
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr. Joëlle M. Cruz (Ph.D., TexasA&M University) is an assistant professor of
CommunicationStudiesatClemsonUniversity.Hermostrecentworkexplorescon-
nections between food access, organizing, and peacebuilding. It examines market
women’sgrassrootsorganizationsandtheircontributiontopeaceafterthefourteen-
yearLiberiancivilwar.HerworkhasappearedinQualitativeInquiry,amongother
venues.WithAshleyCurrier,sheisstudyinghowthetransnationaldiffusionofLGBT
rightsforeignpolicyaffectstheconditionsforLGBTorganizinginCoˆted’Ivoireand
Liberia.
ClemsonUniversity,Clemson,USA
e-mail:[email protected];[email protected]
Dr. Ashley Currier is an assistant professor ofWomen’s, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author of Out in Africa: LGBT
OrganizinginNamibiaandSouthAfrica(2012,UniversityofMinnesotaPress).Arti-
clesbasedonherpriorworkonLGBTorganizinginNamibiaandSouthAfricahave
appeared in Gender & Society, Mobilization: An International Journal, Politique
Africaine, Qualitative Sociology, Signs, and Studies in Law, Politics, and Society.
SheiscurrentlyinvestigatinghowthepoliticizationofhomosexualityinMalawihas
affectedcivilsocietyorganizationsandgenderandsexualminorities.WithJoëlleM.
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Cruz,sheisstudyinghowthetransnationaldiffusionofLGBTrightsforeignpolicy
affectstheconditionsforLGBTorganizinginCôted’IvoireandLiberia.
UniversityofCincinnati,Cincinnati,USA
e-mail:[email protected]
CaroleEnahoro isaPhDcandidateintheDepartmentofGeography, University
CollegeLondon(UCL),UK,researchingtherelationshipbetweensatireandspace
inNigeria.HernovelDoingDangerouslyWell,acomedyonthepoliticsofwaterin
Nigeria,wasshortlistedfortheCommonwealthWriters’Prizein2011.
DepartmentofGeography,UniversityCollegeLondon(UCL),London,UK
e-mail:[email protected]
Alan Fowler For more than thirty years,Alan Fowler has been working with, re-
searchingandpublishingextensivelyinthefieldofcivilsociety,particularlyabout
NGOs.HehasbeenavisitingfellowattheWorldBankandaprogrammeofficerat
theFordFoundation.Inadditiontoqualificationsinengineeringandeducation,he
holdsaDPhilindevelopmentstudiesandisanemeritusprofessorattheInternational
InstituteofSocialStudiesinTheHague.Professionalfunctionsincludeelectedpo-
sitionsontheboardsoftheInternationalSocietyforThirdSectorResearch(ISTR)
and Civicus, the World Alliance for Citizen Participation. He is a co-founder, in
1992,oftheInternationalNGOTrainingandResearchCentre(INTRAC).Nowres-
identinSouthAfrica,heiscurrentlyworkingandpublishingoncivic-drivenchange
(CDC)andcivicinnovationasnewnarrativestodescribeandanalysesocio-political
processes.
InternationalNGOTrainingandResearchCentre(INTRAC),Oxford,UK
e-mail:[email protected]
Dr. Julia Gallagher is a lecturer in International Relations in the Department of
PoliticsandInternationalRelations,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon.Julia’s
research focuses on Africa in international politics, and particularly on ideas of
Africa and of the international. Her first book, Britain and Africa under Blair: in
pursuitofthegoodstate(ManchesterUniversityPress)waspublishedin2011,and
she is currently working on a project exploring relationships between ideas of the
internationalandstatesubjectivityinZimbabwe.
DepartmentofPoliticsandInternationalRelations, RoyalHolloway, Universityof
London,Egham,UK
e-mail:[email protected]
LaurenGraham isaresearcherattheUniversityofJohannesburg-basedCentrefor
SocialDevelopmentinAfrica,aswellasanassociateofVolunteer&ServiceEnquiry
SouthernAfrica(VOSESA).ShehasaPhDinSociologyfromtheUniversityofJo-
hannesburg.HerPhDfocusedonyouthidentityandrisk.Dr.Grahamhasworkedin