Civil Society as Idea and Civil Society as Process: The Case of Ghana
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Civil Society as Idea and Civil Society as Process : The Case of Ghana
The idea of civil society contains a set of assumptions about the unity of civil society, the civility of civil society, the ‘separateness’ of civil society and the state, and the intrinsic relationship between civil society and democracy. All of these assumptions can be questioned by examining civil society in a specific country context. In the case of Ghana, processes in civil society have al...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Development Studies
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1360-0818,1469-9966
DOI: 10.1080/1360081032000111751