Civil Society, ‘Good Governance’ and Land Rights in Africa – Some Reflections
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Date of publication
Setembro 2006
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ISBN / Resource ID
mokoro:5616
Contains three stories, ‘good governance’, a focus on governments, civil society, international NGOs, donors (including critical thoughts on DFID and FAO), cites the works of Kaori Izumi, some concluding thoughts. Argues that there is no culture of genuine democratic political engagement in modern Africa, with governments and civil society deeply distrustful of each other, and that space is being diminished.