Civil society in Africa : the role of a Catholic parish in a Kenyan slum / by Christine Bodewes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodewes, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Africa.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the efforts of one particular civil society organization, the human rights ministry of a Catholic parish located in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, to determine the extent to which it was able to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It concludes from an analysis of the social, economic and political environment of Kibera as well as church structures, that parishioners demonstrated an observable improvement in their democratic values and behavior at a localized l...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAPS OF KENYA; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 30, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5520-0

OCLC:

868489001