Introduction
In the last 2 decades, civil society everywhere has expanded at a rate that authors such as Salamon et al. (1999) have described as a “global associational revolution.” Growth of civil society has taken place alongside global disillusionment with state institutions as agents of change in developing countries and as agents of channeling development assistance from the North.
East Africa has witnessed this “associational revolution”: countries that comprise East Africa – Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania – have witnessed an increase in the number and activities of civil society organizations in the last 2 decades. Partly responsible for the growth of Civil Society in East Africa is also disillusionment with the failure of the state to promote development and improve democratic conditions. Starting from the 1980s, this disillusionment occasioned donors to shift their attention towards private non-state institutions as agents for promoting development and democratic governance....
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Kanyinga, K. (2010). Civil Society and Social Capital in East Africa. In: Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_730
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