Perspectives et dynamique du développement de la société civile

"The three years' cooperation program between the Institute of African Studies, University Mohammed V -- Souissi and the Seminar for Arabic and Islamic studies, university of Goettingen entitled 'Perspectives and dynamics of development of civil society in Morocco' started in 2006 constitutes the beginning of a dialogue and a first step in a long term project of cooperation between two universities. The initial exchange undertaken during these past three years between students and faculty brought together by the two institutions aimed at rethinking the concept of civil society in the contexts of both morocco and of the German immigrant Muslim community, as an endeavour to contribute to the intercultural study of this notion. This program has also been an opportunity to reflect on the place of civil society in the process of modernization of Muslim majority societies and Muslim immigrant communities in Europe, as well as in the evolution of the role of this concept and institution from a lobbying tool to an instrument of governance at the national and international levels." -- from Introduction (p. 5).