Table of Contents

The conventional notion of civil society - a critique, Nelson Kasfir; uncivil society, capitalism and the state in Africa, Irving Leonard Markovitz; the social power of religious organization and civil society - the Catholic Church in Uganda, Ronald Kassimir; expanding civil society - women and political space in contemporary Uganda, Aili Mari Tripp; politics, capital and the state in sub-Saharan Africa, Roger Tangri; civil society, the state and democracy in Africa, Nelson Kasfir.