Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique - Governance, Politics and Spiritual Systems

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 that it is only through a critical deconstruction of these concepts that we can start to re-balance global power relationships, both in academic discourse and in development practices.Examining the exclusionary discourses framing the support for Western-type NGOs in the development discourse - often to the exclusion of local social actors - this book dissects mainstream contemporary ideas about ''civil society'', and finds a new means by which to identify local forms of social action, often based in traditional structures and spiritual discourses. Outlining new conceptual ideas for an alternative framing of Mozambique''s ''civil society'', Kleibl proposes a series of fresh theoretical issues and questions alongside empirical research, moving towards a series of new policy and practice arguments for rethinking and decolonizing civil society in the Global South.>

Product details

• Authors: Tanja Kleibl, Professor Tanja Kleibl
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786999344
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-934-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa; Politics and Development in Co
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Mozambique, Colonialism & imperialism, Central Africa, Colonialism and imperialism, Western Europe, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Settlement, urban and rural geography, Development economics and emerging economies, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Sub-Saharan Africa