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| Semester | Herbstsemester 2007 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Lucy Koechlin (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | The concept of civil society plays a key role in debates and theories of democratisation and development. Civil society, i.e. voluntary, non-state, non-profit and value-or interestbased organisations have historically been important drivers of social change, by opening up new spaces of political discourse and new arenas of democratic agency. The underlying premise is that civil society organisations form a counterveiling force to the dominance of the state. This idea has regained salience in the context of autocratic and poverty-stricken African countries, in that civil society organisations are seen to be closer to the needs of citizens and hence better placed than the state to deliver certain basic services. But great hope is also placed in the democratising power of civil society, as a legitimate and representative voice of the population to enforce more responsiveness and accountability from state bureaucracy and political leaders. In this seminar, we shall outline the meanings of civil society and seek to understand what it stands for in development theory and policy, and how this relates to empirical evidence from African countries. |
| Lernziele | - Knowledge of the key sociological theories on civil society - Critical analysis of the use of 'civil society' in development theories and policies - Analysis of political systems and socio-economic structures of African countries - Differentiated, evidence-based understanding of civil society in African countries |
| Literatur | Comaroff, John; Comaroff, Jean: Introduction. In: Comaroff, John and Jean Comaroff (eds). Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa - critical perspectives. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999 Elliott, Carolyn: Civil Society and Democracy - A Comparative Reader Essay. In: Elliott, Carolyn (ed). Civil Society and Democracy - A Reader. Oxford: OUP, p.1-40, 2003 Gellner, Ernest: Conditions of Liberty: Civil Society and its Rivals. New York: Penguin Press, 1994 |
| Bemerkungen | Sprechstunden können jederzeit per Email vereinbart werden (lucy.koechlin@unibas.ch) |
| Teilnahmebedingungen | Gute Englischkenntnisse |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Anmeldung erforderlich unter http://www.isis.unibas.ch |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Culture and Society (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) Modul Social Anthropology (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul Wirtschaft, Wissen und Kultur (Bachelor Studienfach: Soziologie) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Institut für Soziologie |