Jeremiah I. Dibua

Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa

The Nigerian Experience

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis, and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. He specifically focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment in the continent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781138356535
• ISBN-10: 1138356530
• Artikelnr.: 63657172

Autorenporträt

Dr Jeremiah I. Dibua is Professor of History at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: 'Experts,' Africanists and Africa's development crisis
Received wisdom and Africa's development trajectory
Colonial antecedents
Democratic experiments and sustainable democracy
Technology transfer and the crisis of industrialization
The dialectics of agricultural transformation
Oil and economic development strategies, 1970-1986
Economic crisis and structural adjustment program
State, youth and women's movements, 1986-1998
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.