Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press (view table of contents)

Product Description: This text compares field research from the capital cities of three African states to analyze how the decline of state-funded education and the appearance of private education is altering the composition of civil society. Specifically, urban elites have created an entire network of schools for their own use - under conditions of rapidly shrinking educational opportunity for the general population...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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This text examines the potential value of the concept of civil society for enhancing the current understanding of state-society relations in Africa. The authors review the meanings of civil society in political philosophy, as well as alternative approaches to employing the concept in African settings. Considering both the patterns of emerging civil society in Africa and issues relating to its further development, they give particular emphasis to the cases of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire.