Mondes en développement 2007/3 No 139
Journal article

The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, and Empirical Proliferation

Pages 9 to 23

Cite this article

  • PONCELET, Marc
  • and PIROTTE, Gautier,
2007. The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, and Empirical Proliferation. Mondes en développement, 2007/3 No 139, p.9-23. DOI : 10.3917/med.139.0009. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2007-3-page-9?lang=en.
  • Poncelet, Marc.
  • et al.
« The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, and Empirical Proliferation ». Mondes en développement, 2007/3 No 139, 2007. p.9-23. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2007-3-page-9?lang=en.
  • Poncelet, M.
  • and Pirotte, G.
(2007). The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, And Empirical Proliferation. Mondes en développement, No 139(3), 9-23. https://doi.org/10.3917/med.139.0009.

https://doi.org/10.3917/med.139.0009

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Poncelet, M.
  • and Pirotte, G.
(2007). The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, And Empirical Proliferation. Mondes en développement, No 139(3), 9-23. https://doi.org/10.3917/med.139.0009.
  • Poncelet, Marc.
  • et al.
« The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, and Empirical Proliferation ». Mondes en développement, 2007/3 No 139, 2007. p.9-23. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2007-3-page-9?lang=en.
  • PONCELET, Marc
  • and PIROTTE, Gautier,
2007. The African Making of Civil Societies: Theoretical Denial, Imposed Concept, and Empirical Proliferation. Mondes en développement, 2007/3 No 139, p.9-23. DOI : 10.3917/med.139.0009. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes-en-developpement-2007-3-page-9?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/med.139.0009

French
English

For some fifteen years, the debate relating to civil society and its functions has accompanied the crisis in post-colonial African societies and the reshaping of international development policies. Historical hindsight allows us to highlight a vast debate, of a theoretical nature, on the nature of civil society and the organizations that claim to belong to it. It also casts light on the de facto proliferation of organizations supposed to constitute civil society and that are probably part of an unprecedented reshaping of social and political relations in these former colonies. This paper reviews the concept of civil society, its dimensions, and debates relating to African contexts.

Keywords

  • Civil Society
  • NGO
  • Africa
  • Development
  • International Cooperation

Publisher keywords: Africa, Civil Society, Development, International Cooperation, NGO

https://doi.org/10.3917/med.139.0009

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