The Elusive African Renaissance

Essays on Today's Critical Development Issues
Herausgeber: Kieh, George Klay

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The African Continent is faced with major development challenges that have adversely affected the political and material well-being of the majority of the citizens of most states. This book addresses some of the continent's frontier development issues - democracy, leadership, the economy, poverty alleviation through microfinance schemes, food security, education, health, and political instability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9781476667744
• ISBN-10: 1476667748
• Artikelnr.: 52643708

Autorenporträt

George Klay Kieh, Jr., is Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University. His research interests include development studies and political economy.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)
Introduction: Mapping the Development Landscape in Africa (George Klay
Kieh, Jr.)
Democracy in Africa: Fiction or Fact in the 21st Century? (E. Ike Udogu)
African Leadership and the Management of African Economies (Johnson W.
Makoba)
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion in Africa: Structures, Policy and
Issues (Samuel Wai Johnson, Jr.)
The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Development in Africa in the Era of Neoliberal
Globalization (Samuel Zalanga)
Higher Education in Africa: Challenges and Prospects (David N.P. Mburu)
The Nexus of Food Security and Bio-Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa (Emmanuel
O. Oritsejafor)
Political Instability and Development in Africa (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)
Rethinking Development in Africa: The Lessons (George Klay Kieh, Jr.)
About the Contributors
Index