Between a rock and a hard place
Subtitle: African NGOs, donors and the state
By: edited by Jim Igoe and Tim Kelsall.
Contributors: Igoe, Jim, 1964-; Kelsall, Tim, 1970-
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Non-governmental organizations -- Africa -- Case studies.; Civil society -- Africa -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "This book helps to explain the widespread enthusiasm for African NGOs during the 1990s, and why it has waned in recent years. It does so through a fine-grained analysis of NGO and community dynamics, presented in the context of a broader theoretical discussion of the global transformations that contributed to the explosion of NGOs. This empirically rich multi-scaled analysis makes this book unique - not only as a volume of NGO case studies, but also as an experiment of applied social science in the context of globalization."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : between a rock and a hard place / Jim Igoe and Tim Kelsall; title: Studying democratization in Africa / Sara Rich Dorman; title: Transcending politics through the kingdom of God and free markets / Erica Bornstein; title: Leader in the human rights sector / Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerole; title: Power and force in Tanzanian civil society / Jim Igoe; title: NGOs and the new field of African politics / Ben Rawlence; title: The state didn't even exist / Stephen Jackson; title: International influence on civil society in Mali / Timothy W. Docking; title: Up for grabs, civil society in a field of conflicting representations / Elizabeth Challinor; title: Western beliefs and local myths / Marina Padrão Temudo; title: Conclusion : NGOs, ethnography and political ethics.