Culture, Transnationalism, and Civil Society

Paul J. Kaiser is assistant professor of political science at Mississippi State University. He holds a PhD from Indiana University.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsTransnationalism, Culture and Civil SocietyThe State and Society in AfricaTransnationalism and Civil SocietyCulture, Identity, and Civil SocietyHealth Care, Education, and the Asians in TanzaniaThe Early Years of Asian SettlementThe German Colonial PeriodThe British Colonial PeriodThe Independence PeriodThe Ismailis in TanzaniaThe Ismaili Experience: A Historical OverviewIsmaili Organization: A Transnational Corporation?Ismaili Health-Care InitiativesAga Khan Health Services in East AfricaAga Khan Health-Care CentersIsmaili Education InitiativesAga Khan Education Services in East AfricaAga Khan Nursery SchoolsEarly Childhood EducationThe Aga Khan Primary SchoolThe Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary SchoolAKES, T and the Tanzanian StateCulture and Civil Society in an International ContextCulture, Identity, and Civil SocietyTransnationalism and Civil SocietyState/Society Relations in AfricaAppendixGlossary of Foreign TermsBibliographyIndex

The research is extraordinary; the author succeeded where others have failed in gaining access to the international, national, and local Ismaili records on health care and education in Tanzania. He also interviewed more than one hundred Ismaili and African leaders and examined pertinent government records in the Tanzanian archives.