This paper summarises, and attempts to theorise, the findings of a series of research
projects investigating accounting practices across the public sector in Tanzania. Data was …

Although it has gained wide currency in the analysis of African politics, civil society remains
a “mysterious” concept in need of proper grounding and understanding as an integral part of …

Based on the powerful analytical insights provided by the second liberation school, which is
arguably the most original contribution by African scholars to the democratization literature …

Civil society and empowerment have become buzz words in neoliberal development
discourse. Yet many unanswered questions remain on the actual nature and configuration …

This article examines an aspect of Nigerian ethno-nationalism that has received relatively
less attention compared to other ethno-nationalist mobilisations of the Ijaw, Ogoni and …

THE dominant constructs of African political sociology were formulated in the 1960s. It was
then fashionable to forge supraindividual categories as the essential foundation of society …

Если подойти к вопросу о том, какие страны являются постколониальными, с
формальной точки зрения, то таковыми следует признать все страны, когда-либо …

Local NGO brokers in Africa and beyond negotiate and mediate between (inter) national
donors and potential beneficiaries within their communities. They translate local needs into …

As with many other contexts civil society in Côte d'Ivoire is not a space or set of actors and
practices neatly distinct from the state. Political parties, politicians and party political …

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of'civil society'have provided the framework for
interpreting societies in the Global South, Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique argues …