Civil society and the search for development alternatives in Cameroon

Civil society and the search for development alternatives in Cameroon /

Recent developments have witnessed the emergence of civil society as a major development actor whose potentials and capacity, especially in Africa, are often taken for granted and treated as limitless. A critical assessment of some of these structures (NGOs, religious organisations, trade unions, ho...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: Codesria
Other Authors: Yenshu, Emmanuel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2008
Series:Codesria book series.
Subjects:
Civil society > Cameroon.
Non-governmental organizations > Cameroon.
Cameroon > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Cameroon > Social conditions.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo
  • - I: Policy Background. 1. A Balance Sheet of Economic Development Experience since Independence / Ntangsi Max Memfih
  • 2. The Legal Framework of Civil Society and Social Movements / Temngah Joseph Nyambo
  • - II: Traditional Social Movements. 3. The Evolution of Trade Unionism and the Prospects for Alternatives to the Labour Question / Temngah Joseph Nyambo
  • 4. Religious Organisations and Differential Responses to the Economic Crisis: The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and Full Gospel Mission (FGM) / Akoko Robert Mbe
  • - III: Associational Life between Traditional and Modern Society on the Path to Autonomy and Self-Reliant Development. 5. On the Viability of Associational Life in Traditional Society and Home-Based Associations / Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo
  • 6. Traditions of Women's Social Protest Movements and Collective Mobilisation: Lessons from Aghem and Kedjom Women / Charles C. Fonchingong, Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo and Maurice Ufon Beseng
  • 7. Micro-credit, Financial Sector Reform and Welfare / Wilfred J. Awung
  • Civil Society and the Search for Development Alternatives in Cameroon
  • - IV: Non-Governmental Organisations. 8. Focus and Quality of NGOs as Partners in Development / Enoh Tanjong
  • 9. NGO Involvement in Environmental Protection in the North West Province / Ndenecho Emmanuel Neba
  • - V: State-Civil Society Relations. 10. Political Leadership, State-Civil Society Relations and the Search for Development Alternatives / John W. Forje
  • 11. The Youth, the Challenge of the New Educational Order and Development Alternatives / A.V. Kini-Yen Fongot-Kinni
  • 12. Towards a Synthesis / Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo.

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