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Daniel, Antje ; Neubert, Dieter:
Civil Society and Social Movements : Conceptual Insights and Challenges in African Contexts.
In: Critical African Studies.
Bd. 11
(2019)
Heft 2
.
- S. 176-192.
ISSN 2040-7211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2019.1613902
Abstract
The debate on different forms of political mobilization and self-organization in Africa refers to the established concepts of civil society and social movements. Knowing that the majority of studies on civil society and social movements focus on the Global North, we ask whether these concepts may be applied to Africa. We need to consider different forms of self-organization and the potential limits of the concepts. At the same time, ‘unusual cases’ from Africa may help us to sharpen our understanding of the concepts and to explore their analytical range and borders. This applies particularly to the observation that the terms civil society and social movement are often used interchangeably, which ignores the existing differences between the concepts. Therefore, we first consider their different perspectives: A study of civil society analyses the features of associations in a public sphere or arena and their role in politics and society. A study of social movements looks at processes of mobilization and action. Second, we point out the normative implications of the two concepts, especially with regard to liberal democracy, degree of politicization and relation to violence.
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| Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Entwicklungssoziologie Fakultäten Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie |
| Eingestellt am: | 09 Aug 2019 07:25 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 25 Aug 2023 07:14 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/51805 |