Faith and charity religion and humanitarian assistance in West Africa / edited by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin.
| Other author | LeBlanc, Marie Nathalie, 1966- |
| Other author | Audet Gosselin, Louis. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, 2016. |
| Description | xi, 238 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Anthropology, culture and society Anthropology, culture, and society. ^A682721 |
| 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-228) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021276689 |
| ISBN | 0745336736 hardback |
| ISBN | 9780745336732 hardback |
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