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Title:Movers and Shakers: Social Movements in Africa
Editors:Ellis, StephenISNI
Kessel, Ineke vanISNI
Chapter(s):Present
Year:2009
Issue:8
Pages:257
Language:English
Series:African Dynamics (ISSN 1568-1777)
City of publisher:Leiden
Publisher:Brill
ISBN:9789047444633; 9789004180130
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:civil society
conference papers (form)
2008
External link:https://hdl.handle.net/1887/18530
Abstract:Mobilization against apartheid in South Africa, the campaign against blood diamonds, the women's movement in Liberia where Africa's first female head of State was elected in 2005 - these are all examples of socially based movements that have had a major effect on Africa's recent history. Yet the most influential theories concerning social movements worldwide have paid little heed to Africa. This volume draws together contributions on social movements in Africa, setting empirical studies alongside a couple of theoretical chapters. The volume is the outcome of a conference held in Leiden on 23-24 October 2008.

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