African Studies In Social Movements And Democracy
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African Studies In Social Movements And Democracy
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Author : Mahmood Mamdani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
African Studies In Social Movements And Democracy written by Mahmood Mamdani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Trade unions, burial societies, students, religious and gender movements, riots and mafias. Not to mention class. The kaleidoscope of African social movements is complex and broad. But their histories have strong common threads - the experience of past oppression and the constant struggle for an identity that will encompass survival. How have they contributed to the nature of African civil society and the formation of democracy? The chapters are a living dialogue on the interpretation of these movements, and a critical and analytical appraisal of the African intellectual heritage itself. The book brings together a vast array of writers and topics from all over Africa - from bread riots in Tunisia, Communist Parties in Sudan, the "Kaduna Mafia" in Nigeria, burial societies in Zimbabwe, and the working class in Algeria.
Social Movements And Democracy In Africa
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Author : Agnes Ngoma Leslie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-13
Social Movements And Democracy In Africa written by Agnes Ngoma Leslie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-13 with Political Science categories.
This book examines social movements in Africa, analyzing how they emerge and how they may impact public policy, the legal and political situation, and the society by focusing on the following question: How do women's political and legal rights get extended and institutionalized in a patriarchal democratic society?
Movers And Shakers
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Author : Stephen Ellis
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009
Movers And Shakers written by Stephen Ellis and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
This collection of empirical and theoretical studies of social movements in Africa is a corrective to a literature that has largely ignored that continent. It shows that Africa s social movements have distinctive features that are related to its specific history.
Social Movements Social Transformation And The Struggle For Democracy In Africa
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Author : Mahmood Mamdani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Social Movements Social Transformation And The Struggle For Democracy In Africa written by Mahmood Mamdani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Africa categories.
Democracy And The Rise Of Women S Movements In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Kathleen M. Fallon
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2008-08-08
Democracy And The Rise Of Women S Movements In Sub Saharan Africa written by Kathleen M. Fallon and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-08 with Social Science categories.
Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states. Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing literature to provide a focused look at how women have become involved in the democratization of sub-Saharan nations. The narrative traces the history of democratic institutions in the region—from the imposition of male-dominated mechanisms by western states to latter-day reforms that reflect the active resurgence of women’s political power within many African cultures—to show how women have made significant recent political gains in Ghana and other emerging democracies. Fallon attributes these advances to a combination of forces, including the decline of the authoritarian state and its attendant state-run women's organizations, newly formed constitutions, and newfound access to good-governance funding. She draws the study into the larger debate over gendered networks and democratic reform by exploring how gender roles affect and are affected by the state in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. In demonstrating how women’s activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women’s social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.
Social Movements Social Transformation And The Struggle For Democracy In Africa
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Author : M. Mamdani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Social Movements Social Transformation And The Struggle For Democracy In Africa written by M. Mamdani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
African Struggles Today
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Author : Leo Zeilig
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2012
African Struggles Today written by Leo Zeilig and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Social movements and the working class in Africa -- An epoch of uprisings : social movements in postcolonial Africa, 1945/98 -- Cracks in the monolith : social movements in post-apartheid South Africa -- Social movements after the transition : choiceless democracies? -- Frustrated transitions : social movements, protest, and repression in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland -- Social forums and the World Social Forum in Africa.
Southern Resistance In Critical Perspective
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Author : Marcel Paret
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Southern Resistance In Critical Perspective written by Marcel Paret and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with Social Science categories.
From the Arab Uprising, to anti-austerity protests in Europe and the US Occupy Movement, to uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, resistance from below is flourishing. Whereas analysts have tended to look North in their analysis of the recent global protest wave, this volume develops a Southern perspective through a deep engagement with the case of South Africa, which has experienced widespread popular resistance for more than a decade. Combining critical theoretical perspectives with extensive qualitative fieldwork and rich case studies, Southern Resistance in Critical Perspective situates South Africa’s contentious democracy in relation to both the economic insecurity of contemporary global capitalism and the constantly shifting political terrain of post-apartheid nationalism. The analysis integrates worker, community and political party organizing into a broader narrative of resistance, bridging historical divisions between social movement studies, labor studies and political sociology.
Political Opportunities Social Movements And Democratization
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Author : Patrick G. Coy
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2001-08-02
Political Opportunities Social Movements And Democratization written by Patrick G. Coy and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-02 with History categories.
As political opportunities shift, social movement decline or mobilization may result. The first section of this intriguing volume examines this phenomenon in depth while also moving theory-building forward. Significant contributions are made to collective identity theory, stalemate theory, and political process theory. This volume's concentration on political opportunity and social movements is accomplished through a focused series of papers that include case studies of specific social movements, comparative case studies of social movements, and comparative case studies of transnational issue networks. They include movements including the U. S. anti-nuclear power movement, the Rastafarians, the alternative and complimentary medicine movement, indigenous rights movements in Panama and Brazil, the animal rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the housing reform movements in post-Soviet Union Moscow and Budapest. A shorter, but no less important section closes this volume while taking up another historic focus of the series: social and political change. Here one paper documents democratization in Wales via the use of 'inclusive politics' by Plaid Cymru, another analyzes the use of 'political homicide' in Mexico during the 1990s, and a third explores campus unrest in the United States.
From Revolution To Rights In South Africa
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Author : Steven L. Robins
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2008
From Revolution To Rights In South Africa written by Steven L. Robins and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Critics of liberalism in Europe and North America argue that a stress on 'rights talk' and identity politics has led to fragmentation, individualisation and depoliticisation. But are these developments really signs of 'the end of politics'? In the post-colonial, post-apartheid, neo-liberal new South Africa poor and marginalised citizens continue to struggle for land, housing and health care. They must respond to uncertainty and radical contingencies on a daily basis. This requires multiple strategies, an engaged, practised citizenship, one that links the daily struggle to well organised mobilisation around claiming rights. Robins argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy. He goes beyond the sanitised prescriptions of 'good governance' so often touted by development agencies. Instead he argues for a complex, hybrid and ambiguous relationship between civil society and the state, where new negotiations around citizenship emerge. Steven L. Robins is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Stellenbosch and editor of Limits to Liberation after Apartheid (James Currey).