Faith and charity : religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa / edited by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, editor.

Audet Gosselin, Louis, editor.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, Culture and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance--Africa, West.

Humanitarian assistance.

West Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages).

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

Since the 1980s, programs of humanitarian assistance in Africa have for the most part operated along neoliberal lines. This book examines how that approach has changed relationships between religious action, humanitarian assistance, and social change. Exploring the logics of economic liberalization, including the reduction of government spending and the rise of the private sector, the authors look at how these changes have also transformed the attitudes of individuals towards society and the economy in ways that privilege individual achievement over any kind of collective well-being.--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction : Faith, charity and the ethics of volunteerism in West Africa / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc, Lois Audet Gosselin

Reflections on the socio-political roles of Islamic NGOs in West Africa : Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso / Mathias Savadogo, Muriel Gomez-Perez, Marie Nathalie LeBlanc

Muslim NGOs in Côte d'Ivoire : towards an Islamic culture of charity / Issouf Binaté

Catholic NGOs in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire : a case apart? / Louis Audet Gosselin, Boris Koenig

Precarious agency in the face of 'good governance' : the NGO-isation of Muslim women's associations in Côte d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc

Leaders of national and transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso : diverse forms and experiences of Islamic civic engagement / Kathéry Couillard, Frédérick Madoe, Muriel Gomez-Perez

Private evangelical assistance to orphans and vulnerable children in Burkina Faso : religious voluntarism and the road to success / Louis Audet Gosselin

From local to transnational challenges : religious leaders and Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso / Mara Vitale

Christian citizenship, evangelical NGOs and the ethics of holistic rehabilitation among socially marginalised groups in Côte d'Ivoire / Boris Koenig.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2017).

ISBN:

9781783719969

1783719966