Author: Peter Lewis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042998216X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy and the avenues of participation or withdrawal pursued by various popular sectors.
Africa
Author: Peter Lewis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042998216X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy and the avenues of participation or withdrawal pursued by various popular sectors.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042998216X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy and the avenues of participation or withdrawal pursued by various popular sectors.
The Development Dilemma
Author: Robert H. Bates
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167354
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Introduction -- The fundamental tension -- Taming the hierarchy -- Forging the political terrain -- The developing world: two examples -- The use of power -- Conclusion
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691167354
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Introduction -- The fundamental tension -- Taming the hierarchy -- Forging the political terrain -- The developing world: two examples -- The use of power -- Conclusion
Tobacco, Transformation and Development Dilemmas from Central Africa
Author: Martin Prowse
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030339858
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This book takes the reader through the expansion, restructuring and possible salvation of Malawi’s main industry, tobacco. Malawi has been dependent on tobacco exports for a century, but now, with demand for Malawian tobacco declining fast, the country needs to diversify rapidly. The authors combine an innovative range of theory and methods to provide a comprehensive and incisive analysis of the dilemmas faced by countries which still rely on a limited number of agricultural commodities in the 21st century. This work will be ideal for scholars and researchers interested in political economy and African development.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030339858
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
This book takes the reader through the expansion, restructuring and possible salvation of Malawi’s main industry, tobacco. Malawi has been dependent on tobacco exports for a century, but now, with demand for Malawian tobacco declining fast, the country needs to diversify rapidly. The authors combine an innovative range of theory and methods to provide a comprehensive and incisive analysis of the dilemmas faced by countries which still rely on a limited number of agricultural commodities in the 21st century. This work will be ideal for scholars and researchers interested in political economy and African development.
African Development Dilemma
Author: Samuel M. Muriithi
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761805472
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book explores development issues in Africa from the human, social, economic, geographical and political perspectives. It presents arguments as to why Africa remains less developed compared to other continents and provides recommendations to achieve effective development. The author discusses such specific questions as: Are Africans capable of developing Africa? How has nature contributed to problems in Africa? and Did slavery contribute to underdevelopment?
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761805472
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book explores development issues in Africa from the human, social, economic, geographical and political perspectives. It presents arguments as to why Africa remains less developed compared to other continents and provides recommendations to achieve effective development. The author discusses such specific questions as: Are Africans capable of developing Africa? How has nature contributed to problems in Africa? and Did slavery contribute to underdevelopment?
Development Dilemmas in Post-apartheid South Africa
Author: Bill Freund
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN: 9781869141899
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is really meant by 'development' in 21st-century post-apartheid South Africa? What are the challenges and complexities of real transformation in this context? The contributions in this book address the ways in which people in all sectors of South African society are confronting its development dilemmas - from the energy crisis, environmental sustainability, and environmental justice, to grassroots social movements, problems of policy implementation, land and agricultural reform, and gender inequality. Written by leading academics and activists, this book is an essential and illuminating in-depth study of the dilemmas facing post-apartheid South Africa, and the historical, political, economic, and social context out of which a new democracy is being built. Collectively, the authors suggest that there is no easy way to attain development - it is a process, not an event, and is fraught with failures and loss, as well as gains.
Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN: 9781869141899
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What is really meant by 'development' in 21st-century post-apartheid South Africa? What are the challenges and complexities of real transformation in this context? The contributions in this book address the ways in which people in all sectors of South African society are confronting its development dilemmas - from the energy crisis, environmental sustainability, and environmental justice, to grassroots social movements, problems of policy implementation, land and agricultural reform, and gender inequality. Written by leading academics and activists, this book is an essential and illuminating in-depth study of the dilemmas facing post-apartheid South Africa, and the historical, political, economic, and social context out of which a new democracy is being built. Collectively, the authors suggest that there is no easy way to attain development - it is a process, not an event, and is fraught with failures and loss, as well as gains.
Seeds of Famine
Author: Richard W. Franke
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9780865980532
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
SCOTT (copy 2): From the John Holmes Library Collection.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9780865980532
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
SCOTT (copy 2): From the John Holmes Library Collection.
Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools
Author: Cati Coe
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226111292
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, the most meaningful and fascinating of which has been the state's effort to create a national culture through its schools. As Cati Coe reveals in Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools, this effort has created an unusual paradox: while Ghana encourages its educators to teach about local cultural traditions, those traditions are transformed as they are taught in school classrooms. The state version of culture now taught by educators has become objectified and nationalized—vastly different from local traditions. Coe identifies the state's limitations in teaching cultural knowledge and discusses how Ghanaians negotiate the tensions raised by the competing visions of modernity that nationalism and Christianity have created. She reveals how cultural curricula affect authority relations in local social organizations—between teachers and students, between Christians and national elite, and between children and elders—and raises several questions about educational processes, state-society relations, the production of knowledge, and the making of Ghana's citizenry.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226111292
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In working to build a sense of nationhood, Ghana has focused on many social engineering projects, the most meaningful and fascinating of which has been the state's effort to create a national culture through its schools. As Cati Coe reveals in Dilemmas of Culture in African Schools, this effort has created an unusual paradox: while Ghana encourages its educators to teach about local cultural traditions, those traditions are transformed as they are taught in school classrooms. The state version of culture now taught by educators has become objectified and nationalized—vastly different from local traditions. Coe identifies the state's limitations in teaching cultural knowledge and discusses how Ghanaians negotiate the tensions raised by the competing visions of modernity that nationalism and Christianity have created. She reveals how cultural curricula affect authority relations in local social organizations—between teachers and students, between Christians and national elite, and between children and elders—and raises several questions about educational processes, state-society relations, the production of knowledge, and the making of Ghana's citizenry.
African Perspectives on Development
Author: Ulf Himmelstrand
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
ISBN: 9780852552216
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Theoretical perspectives on the crisis of development theories.
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
ISBN: 9780852552216
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Theoretical perspectives on the crisis of development theories.
The Green Belt Movement
Author: Wangari Maathai
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 9781590560402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
Publisher: Lantern Books
ISBN: 9781590560402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development in Africa
Author: Carol Chi Ngang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100043379X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book explores the nexus between natural resources ownership and the right to development in Africa. The right to sovereignty over natural resources and the right to development are recognised and protected in an extensive framework of international, regional and domestic instruments. They guarantee people's entitlement to fully and freely utilise their natural resources as a means of subsistence and for economic, social and cultural development. Yet, despite the abundance of natural resources in Africa a majority of the people on the continent remain largely impoverished. This book articulates the central argument that to achieve the right to development in Africa requires appropriate governance of the continent’s natural resources to which the people of Africa are guaranteed sovereign ownership. With case study illustrations from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, chapters explore the normative measures, specific guarantees and community entitlements to natural resources for the realisation of the right to development. The book will be an invaluable guide to scholars and postgraduate students of Natural Resources, Development and African studies as well as policymakers and practitioners in these areas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100043379X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book explores the nexus between natural resources ownership and the right to development in Africa. The right to sovereignty over natural resources and the right to development are recognised and protected in an extensive framework of international, regional and domestic instruments. They guarantee people's entitlement to fully and freely utilise their natural resources as a means of subsistence and for economic, social and cultural development. Yet, despite the abundance of natural resources in Africa a majority of the people on the continent remain largely impoverished. This book articulates the central argument that to achieve the right to development in Africa requires appropriate governance of the continent’s natural resources to which the people of Africa are guaranteed sovereign ownership. With case study illustrations from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, chapters explore the normative measures, specific guarantees and community entitlements to natural resources for the realisation of the right to development. The book will be an invaluable guide to scholars and postgraduate students of Natural Resources, Development and African studies as well as policymakers and practitioners in these areas.