From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on Africa
Redaktion: Hino, Hiroyuki

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Today, the cohesion of multi-ethnic societies is at risk across the globe. Throughout history, to the present day, African countries have been facing this challenge. Historical inequalities and social division undermine cohesion and sow seeds of instability. How can Africa build a future where ethnic and other differences are a strength, a driver of growth and development, rather than sources of division and instability? Drawing together historians, economists and political scientists, each an authority on Africa, this book delivers a comprehensive study of that question through an exploration of the continent's divided histories, to understand where Africans stand now, and to reflect on how they might now work towards a more trusting society. Numerous case studies, statistical expositions and theoretical reflections bring conceptual clarity to the often poorly understood processes and contexts of social cohesion, not only in Africa, but across the developing and developed world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108758093
• Artikelnr.: 62746006

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: understanding processes of change in social cohesion:
learning from comparative history Hiroyuki Hino, Arnim Langer, John
Lonsdale and Frances Stewart; Part I. Social Cohesion in Africa: Case
Studies of Past and Present: 1. Kenya's four ages of ethnicity John
Lonsdale; 2. Better elections, more deaths: Nigeria Abdul Raufu Mustapha;
3. Ethnicity, citizenry, and nation building in Tanzania Benno Ndulu, Emma
Hunter and Wilfred E. Mbowe; 4. Identity, inequality, and social
contestation in the post-Apartheid South Africa Hiroyuki Hino, Murray
Leibbrandt, Ratjomose Machema, Muna Shifa and Crain Soudien; 5. Ethnicity,
development, and social cohesion in Africa: overview Bruce J. Berman and
Motoki Takahashi; Part II. Policies and institutions for social cohesion:
6. Redressing inequalities in societies: growth with equity Frances
Stewart; 7. Vertical and horizontal decentralization for equity and
stability Gustav Ranis; 8. Land reform: strengthening customary rights
under community management Kojo Sebastian Amanor; 9. Protecting education
from ethnic politics Eric Kramon and Daniel N. Posner; 10. Building social
cohesion through education in Africa? Lessons from Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya
Line Kuppens and Arnim Langer; 11. Remaking Cape Town: memory politics,
land restitution, and social cohesion in District Six Ciraj Rassool; 12.
Key ingredients of inclusive politics Abdul Raufu Mustapha; Part III.
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: 13. National cohesion in Africa:
Beyond ethnicity and ethnic communities Ernest Aryeetey and Ama de-Graft
Aikins; 14. From divided pasts to cohesive futures in Africa: conclusions
and policy recommendations Arnim Langer and John Lonsdale.