{"product_id":"9781786999344","title":"Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique Governance, Politics and Spiritual Systems","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePolitics and Development in Contemporary Africa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDecolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGovernance, Politics and Spiritual Systems\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTanja Kleibl\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Developing \u0026amp; Emerging Countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for interpreting societies in the Global South, \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique \u003c\/i\u003eargues that it is only through a critical deconstruction of these concepts that we can start to re-balance global power relationships, both in academic discourse and in development practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the exclusionary discourses framing the support for Western-type NGOs in the development discourse - often to the exclusion of local social actors - this book dissects mainstream contemporary ideas about 'civil society', and finds a new means by which to identify local forms of social action, often based in traditional structures and spiritual discourses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutlining new conceptual ideas for an alternative framing of Mozambique's 'civil society', Kleibl proposes a series of fresh theoretical issues and questions alongside empirical research, moving towards a series of new policy and practice arguments for rethinking and decolonizing civil society in the Global South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTanja Kleibl \u003c\/b\u003eis currently Professor of Social Work, Migration and Diversity at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany and Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 September 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781786999344\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369456730252,"sku":"9781786999344","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_42730dd0-f479-40ba-98a5-fee65811e08c.jpg?v=1783879218","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781786999344","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}