Obioma M. Iheduru

Contending Issues in African Development (eBook, PDF)

Advances, Challenges, and the Future

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Taking a forward-looking approach, this book critically examines the issues and dynamics central to Africa's problematic development and situates these issues within the contents unique cultural, political, economic, and social milieu. Moving away from a simple litany of problems bedeviling Africa's economy, the book is the culmination of several scholars' efforts to identify specific causative factors. Each chapter delineates a specific issue, demonstrates the role it plays in overall development, and speculates on probable ways to meet the challenges it poses. The major conceptual and epistemological constructs considered include the tamed African State, social capacity, management of change, reconceptualized gender roles, and economic integration. Although the contributors' various approaches diverge and disagree, the epistemological variations contribute cumulatively to an understanding of the issues at the root of Africa's slow pace of development. While traversing the spectrum of issues that affect development, the book uniquely points out that the management of change is pivotal to fostering development. The authors' efforts provide a useful base for future research and help to chart a course of action leading to success in the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313001017
• Artikelnr.: 68527797

Autorenporträt

OBIOMA M. IHEDURU is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fort Valley State University./e His research interests include economic and development policy, comparative political economy, public management, and privatization and democratization with a regional focus on Nigeria and Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Conflicts and Convergence in African Development Thinking by
Obioma M. Iheduru Bring Back the State: From Instability to Consolidation
The Political Economy of State Reconstitution in Africa by Kelechi A. Kalu
The Mass Media and Political Stability in Africa: A Utilitarian Theory
Approach by Kingsley O. Harbor Africa Between the Meiji Restoration and the
Legacy of Ataturk: Comparative Dilemmas of Modernization by Ali A. Mazrui
Building Social Capacity: Civil Society, Democratization, and Human Rights
Civil Society and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa by
Julius E. Nyangóro The State and Human Rights in Africa by Julius O.
Ihonvbere Democratization In Sub Saharan Africa: Problems, Advances, and
Prospects by Harold A. Fisher Prolegomena to an African-Western Ethics and
Theory of Rights by Vincent J. Ferrara Political Economy and the Management
of Change Towards Democracy and Security in Africa: What Prospects for
Sustainable Development of Civil Societies by Timothy M. Shaw and Sandra J.
MacClean Nigeria: The Dynamics of Agricultural Policy in a Restructuring
Economy by Browne Onuoha Women and Sustainable Development in Africa by
April A. Gordon Regional Integration and Sustainable Development
Evaluation of the Present State of Economic Integration in Africa: How to
Strengthen the African Economic Community by Aguibou Yansane Aguibou West
African Regionalism Revisited: Cooperative management of the Gambia and
Senegal Water Resources by Nurudeen B. Akinyemi The Politics of Regional
Integration and Development in Africa: Issues, Limitations, and Prospects
by Aja Akpuru-Aja Conclusion Redefining the African State: Political
Capacity in the Post Reform Era by Obioma M. Iheduru Bibliography Index