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An innovative perspective on the relationship between religion, civil society and development through the prism of faith-based NGOs in West Africa

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About the book:

Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged. As mapped out by Marie Nathalie LeBlanc and Louis Audet Gosselin, in West Africa Christian and Muslim organisations have come to dominate the field of humanitarian assistance. Moving beyond mainstream development theory, Faith and Charity brings out the crucial role of religion in the development process and the interplay of moral and political ideologies. From faith-based NGOs to individual local activists, the authors explore how each group makes sense of, and contributes to, the wider process of social development in the neoliberal era.

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‘In this outstanding collection, familiar debates about the depoliticising effects of charity, the marketisation of civil society, and the ambiguities of religious networks are given fresh life.’ - Jonathan Benthall, Honorary Resarch Fellow, Department of Anthropology, UCL

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Marie Nathalie LeBlanc is an anthropologist and professor in the Department of Sociology at Université du Québec à Montréal. Louis Audet Gosselin is a historian and a sociologist, based at Université du Québec à Montréal.

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HARDBACK: OCTOBER 2016 / 256 PAGES / ISBN 9780745336732 / £65 / $99 / €85

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