Movers and Shakers

Social Movements in Africa
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-18013-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: African Dynamics

Mobilization against apartheid, the campaign against blood diamonds, the women's movement in Liberia, where Africa's first female head of state was elected in 2005—these are all examples of socially based movements that have had a major effect on Africa's recent history. Yet the most influential theories concerning social movements worldwide have paid little heed to Africa, basing themselves more often on cases drawn from other continents. This volume draws together contributions from some leading writers on social movements in Africa, setting empirical studies alongside a couple of theoretical chapters. Africa’s social movements have distinctive features that are related to the continent’s specific history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ellis, Stephen

Kessel, Ineke van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichtsphilosophie, Philosophie der Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Acknowledgements
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 Introduction: African social movements or social movements in Africa? Stephen Ellis & Ineke van Kessel
2 Social movement theory: Past, presence & prospects Jacquelien van Stekelenburg & Bert Klandermans
3 Speaking to global debates through a national and continental lens: South African and African social movements in comparative perspective Adam Habib & Paul Opoku-Mensah
CASE STUDIES
4 African civil society, ‘Blood Diamonds’ and the Kimberley Process Lansana Gberie
5 The Islamic Courts Union: The ebb and flow of a Somali Islamist movement Jon Abbink
6 Liberia’s women acting for peace: Collective action in a war-affected country Veronika Fuest
7 Nurtured from the pulpit: The emergence and growth of Malawi’s democracy movement Boniface Dulani
8 Bare-foot activists: Transformations in the Haratine movement in Mauritania Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem
9 An Islamic social movement in contemporary West Africa: NASFAT of Nigeria Benjamin Soares
10 The United Democratic Front’s legacy in South Africa: Mission accomplished or vision betrayed? Ineke van Kessel
11 ‘Campus Cults’ in Nigeria: The development of an anti-social movement Stephen Ellis
Bibliography
List of authors

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Ellis is a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, and Desmond Tutu professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the VU University, Amsterdam. He has published on a wide variety of African countries including Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria and South Africa. His most recent book, coauthored with Solofo Randrianja, is 'Madagascar: A Short History' (C. Hurst & Co., London).
Ineke van Kessel,is a senior researcher with the African Studies Centre, Leiden. She has published extensively on anti-apartheid resistance in South Africa, notably Beyond our Wildest Dreams': the United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa (University of Virginia Press), as well as on socio-political developments in post-apartheid South Africa.