| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 238 pages) |
| Series |
Anthropology, culture and society |
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Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Faith, charity and the ethics of volunteerism in West Africa / Marie Narthalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin -- Reflections on the socio-political roles of Islamic NGOs in West Africa: Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire and Burkina Faso / Mathias Savadogo, Muriel Gomez-Perez and Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Muslim NGOs in Cote d'Ivoire: towards an Islamic culture of charity / Issouf Binate -- Catholic NGOs in Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire: a case apart? / Louis Audet Gosselin and Boris Koenig -- Precarious agency in the face of 'good governance': the NGO-isation of Muslim Women's associations in Cote d'Ivoire / Marie Nathalie LeBlanc -- Leaders of national and transnational Muslim NGOs in Burkina Faso: diverse forms and experiences of Islamic civic engagement / Kathery Couillard, Frederick Madore and 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 -- Chrisitan citizenship, Evangelical NGOs and the ethics of holistic rehabilitation among socially marginalised groups in Cote d'Ivoire / Boris Koening -- Conclusion / Louis Audet Gosselin and Marie Nathalie LeBlanc |
| Summary |
An innovative perspective on the relationship between religion, civil society and development through the prism of faith-based NGOs in West Africa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (212-228) pagesand index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Humanitarian assistance -- Africa, West
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Church charities -- Africa, West
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Islam -- Africa, West -- Charities
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Anthropology of religion -- Africa, West
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
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Anthropology of religion
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Church charities
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Humanitarian assistance
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Islam -- Charities
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West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, 1966- editor.
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Audet Gosselin, Louis, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781783719969 |
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1783719966 |
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0745336736 |
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9780745336732 |
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