1st Edition

Civil Society and Local Ownership in the Global South Responses to Conflict and Militarism

Edited By Ibrahim Natil Copyright 2025
126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

This book assesses local civil society responses to conflict, militarism, climate change, and disease in the global south. Grounded in empirical analyses of civil society developments in Sub-Saharan African countries, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine, and Syria, the book demonstrates that civil society organisations in unstable circumstances and divided societies have room and power to help... Read more

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Biography

Ibrahim Natil is an associate professor of international relations at Joaan Bin Jassim Academy; a visiting professor/lecturer at the University of Law, Business School, UK; and a research fellow at Dublin City University, Ireland. He has been the co-convenor of NGOs in the Development Study Group at DSA-UK since 2018 and was elected recently as a council member of the Develpment Study Association UK (2024–2027).