The two faces of civil society : NGOs and politics in Africa

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Title:

Author:

Ndegwa, Stephen N.

ISBN:

9781565490567

9781565490550

Personal Author:

Ndegwa, Stephen N.

Publication Information:

West Hartford, Conn. : Kumarian Press, 1996.

Physical Description:

xii, 141 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Kumarian Press books on international development

Series Title:

Kumarian Press books on international development

General Note:

"Parts of chapter 2 appeared previously in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology."

Contents:

1. The Promise of Democracy -- 2. The Political Context of NGOs in Africa -- 3. NGOs and the State in Kenya -- 4. The Undugu Society of Kenya -- 5. The Green Belt Movement -- 6. NGOs, Civil Society, and Democratization -- Appendix A: Undugu Society of Kenya -- Appendix B: The Green Belt Movement.

Subject Term:

Civil society -- Africa.

Democracy -- Africa.

Non-governmental organizations -- Africa.

Non-governmental organizations -- Kenya.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Kenya -- Politics and government -- 1978-

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Summary

A comparative study of two Kenyan NGOs, the Undugu Society of Kenya and the Green Belt Movement, demonstrates that civil society may either oppose an oppressive state or accommodate it. These examples demonstrate the disparate roles NGOs can take in the context of contemporary African politics.