The Changing Politics of Non-Governmental Organizations and African States

This volume addresses an important and problematic aspect of NGO activities in Africa: NGO-African state relations. The authors of this volume offer case studies that provide insights into the range of NGO activities that address the questions: what do NGO activities mean for the African State? and how are the relationships of NGOs and African states changing? Each chapter contains a rich investigation and analysis communicating many of the practical aspects of African state-NGO relations, as well as many insights relevant to the major theories and models available to researchers in the field.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Eve Sandberg
Non-Governmental Organizations in Africa: Can They Influence Public Policy? by Michael Bratton
State, NGOs, and International Aid in The Gambia by Deborah Brautigam
The Christian Church as an NGO in Africa: Supporting Postindependence Era State Legitimacy or Promoting Change? by Karen Jenkins
Evaluating the Role and Impact of Foreign NGOs in Ghana by Frederick T. Anang
The Impact of Crisis and Economic Reform on Tanzania's Changing Associational Life by Aili Mari Tripp
A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Development and NGOs in West Africa by Helmut K. Anheier
Namibia: An Institutional Analysis of a Consultative Model of Decision-Making by a Democratizing State and Its NGOs by Eve Sandberg and Carol L. Martin
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

EVE SANDBERG is Assistant Professor in the Politics Department of Oberlin College.

Product details

• Authors: Sandberg Eve
• Assisted by: Eve Sandberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.07.1994
• EAN: 9780275939304
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93930-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political structure & processes, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Central / national / federal government, Political structure and processes, Central government, Pressure groups & lobbying, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics