02281nam 2200541 450 991081640830332120240131151940.01-4438-5520-0(CKB)2550000001182147(EBL)1595346(SSID)ssj0001154517(PQKBManifestationID)11753968(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001154517(PQKBWorkID)11161558(PQKB)11373745(MiAaPQ)EBC1595346(Au-PeEL)EBL1595346(CaPaEBR)ebr10828289(CaONFJC)MIL562173(OCoLC)868489001(FINmELB)ELB149820(EXLCZ)99255000000118214720140129d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivil society in Africa the role of a Catholic parish in a Kenyan slum /by Christine BodewesNewcastle upon Tyne :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.1 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-5234-1 1-306-30922-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAPS OF KENYA; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThis book examines the efforts of one particular civil society organization, the human rights ministry of a Catholic parish located in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, to determine the extent to which it was able to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It concludes from an analysis of the social, economic and political environment of Kibera as well as church structures, that parishioners demonstrated an observable improvement in their democratic values and behavior at a localized l...Civil societyAfricaCivil society323.0967625Bodewes Christine1639961MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816408303321Civil society in Africa3983288UNINA