THE FALL OF A DYNAMIC CIVIL SOCIETY IN CAMEROON AFTER THE 1990s: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS.
- 주제(키워드) Civil Society
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Kang Sing Goo
- 발행년도 2017
- 학위수여년월 2017. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000025401
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
The civil society is a very important element in the democratization process of every country. There cannot be any meaningful democracy in a country without an active civil society, most Sub-Saharan African countries are struggling in this process and thus an active civil society in these countries will help facilitate their democratization. This research paper aims at analyzing the civil society in Cameroon, showing how it changed from an active civil society in the 1990s to a weak civil society after this period. The activities of civil society organization within these two periods are compared to see if the civil society after the 1990s has change in its nature and pattern. The studies shows that, despite the proliferation of civil society organizations in Cameroon after the 1990s, intra and inter sectorial division within and amongst these association has fractured them, and make them very weak to actively play their desire role in the democratization process in Cameroon. The study identify aspects such as growing sense of ethno-regional belonging, urban poverty and the government mechanism as the root causes of the division within and amongst the civil society organizations. To this end, I think that civil society in Cameroon need to transcend social boundaries and Identify with the daily and legitimate struggle of ordinary citizens for improvement by the government, because a civil society that transcends social boundaries such as ethnicism and regionalism is an enabling factor for the mobilization of the citizens to create a common struggle which will put pressure on the state to respect the rights of the citizens. The government needs to encourage the activities and equally harmonized the legal instruments regulating civil society organizations, in order for them to effectively contribute in the development of the country.
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CHATER ONE: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………..1
1.1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….1
1.2 Statement of problem…………………………………………………………………..4
1.3 Hypothesis……………………………………………………………………………...4
1.4 Research objectives…………………………………………………………………….6
1.5 Significant of the study…………………………………………………………………6
1.6 Research question………………………………………………………………………7
1.7 Research method………………………………………………………………………..7
1.8 Theoretical framework………………………………………………………………….7
1.9 Limitation of study………………………………………………………………….….8
1.10 Summary of chapter outline……………………………………………………….....8
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW REVIEW………………………………….......9
2.1 Civil Society and the State in the African context………………………………..….....9
2.2 Tradition and civil society in Cameroon………………………………………………13
2.3 Forms of civil society ……………………………………………………………….....14
CHAPTER THREE: A COMPARISON OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE 1990s AND AFTER THE1990s…………………………………………………………………………………….15
3.1 The 1990s Hay Days of civil society in Cameroon………………………………...15
3.2 The proliferation of civil society in Cameroon After the 1990s…………………...18
3.3 Intra sectorial division in Cameroon civil society after 1990s……………………..19
3.4 Inter sectorial division in Cameroon civil society after 1990s……………………..21
3.4 The transformation of civil society in Cameroon ………………………………….22
CHAPTER FOUR: THE ROOTS OF INTER AND INTRA SECTORIAL DIVISION WITHIN AND AMONGST CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN CAMERROON…..24
4.1 The roots of civil society division in Cameroon……………………………………..24
4.1.1 Growing sense of ethno-regional belonging…………………………………….....24
4.1.2 Growing sense of language identity………………………………………………..25
4.1.3 Urban poverty………………………………………………………………………25
4.1.4 Authoritarian Government………………………………………………………....26
4.2 Consequence of a weak civil society in Cameroon after the 1990s………………….29
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………………………...……..31
5.1 Summary of findings………………………………………………………………...31
5.2Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..…..32
5.3 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………....33
BIBLOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………....36
