George Klay Kieh, Jr

Africa and the New Globalization

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the 'new globalization', the most expansive and technologically advanced of all the phases of globalization. It identifies and discusses many of the frontier issues in Africa that are being impacted by the dynamics of this new globalization - debt, human rights, development, state sovereignty, the environment, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780754671381
• ISBN-10: 0754671380
• Artikelnr.: 31306094

Autorenporträt

George Klay Kieh, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA and Senior Research Fellow, Program in Ethnic and Federal Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction: from the old to the new globalization, George Klay Kieh Jr
The new globalization: nature, scope and dimensions, George Klay Kieh Jr
The African debt crisis and the new globalozation, John Mukum Mbaku
Human rights and the new globalization in Africa, E. Ike Udogu
The norms of displacement: NGOs, globalization and the state in Africa, P.L.E. Idahosa
State sovereignty and the new globalization in Africa, Jacques Mangala
The environment and the new globalization in Africa, John Mukum Mbaku
The new globalization and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Amy S. Patterson
Weaving together the threads of the new globalization: the lessons, George Klay Kieh Jr
Index.