Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa

SUSAN DICKLITCH is Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College. She was previously Research Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina (1994-97). She has a PhD from the University of Toronto (1995). She was Assistant Editor of the African Studies Review (1994-97).

• List of Tables and Maps List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations NGOs, Civil Society and Democracy Structural Bottlenecks to Democracy Democratization from Above? State-Civil Society Relations NGOs: Harbingers of Democratization? Whither NGOs and Democratization? Appendix 1: Indigenous Registered NGOs in Uganda (1986-1993) Appendix 2: Foreign Registered NGOs in Uganda (1986-1993) Endnotes References Index

'A lucid and well-researched critique of the popular notion that NGOs, as constituent elements of a revitalized 'civil society', represent a potent force for empowerment and democracy in Africa. Susan Dicktlich succumbs neither to a romanticization of civil society not to despair in their incisive evaluation.' - Professor Richard Sandbrook