Civil society and the search for development alternatives in Cameroon

Vubo, Emmanuel Yenshu

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Title:	Civil society and the search for development alternatives in Cameroon
Editor:	Vubo, Emmanuel Yenshu
Year:	2008
Pages:	227
Language:	English
Series:	CODESRIA book series
City of publisher:	Dakar
Publisher:	CODESRIA
ISBN:	9782869782204
Geographic term:	Cameroon
Subjects:	civil society State-society relationship NGO development
Abstract:	This volume evaluates the nature and potential of civil society organizations in Cameroon and the role they could play in searching for alternatives to the current impasse around development. It is divided into five sections. Section I deals with Cameroon's development experience (Ntangsi Max Memfih) and the legal framework for the operation of civil society in the country (Temngah Joseph Nyambo). Section two examines traditional social movements, viz. trade unions (Temngah Joseph Nyambo) and religious organizations, notably the Roman Catholic Church and the Full Gospel Mission Pentecostal church (Akoko Robert Mbe). Section 3 explores the interface between tradition and modernity as found in associations in traditional society and home-based associations (Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo), Aghem and Kedjom women's social protest movements (Charles C. Fonchingong, Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo and Maurice Ufon Beseng), and microcredit and informal financial institutions (Wilfred J. Awung). Section 4 is devoted to the study of NGOs (Enoh Tanjong on NGOs as partners in development; Ndenecho Emmanuel Neba on NGO involvement in environmental protection in the North West Province). The last section contains a chapter on the complex relationship between State and civil society (John W. Forje), and a chapter on the place of youth in the reorientation of the educational system as a basis for alternative strategies towards development (A.V. Kini-Yen Fongot-Kinni). A final chapter by Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo provides a synthesis. [ASC Leiden abstract]

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