Robert Rotberg

Things Come Together (eBook, ePUB)

Africans Achieving Greatness in the Twenty-First Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For decades, Africa was falling apart. But now it is coming together, and Africans are achieving greatness. Despite the advances, though, the twenty-first century brings challenges to match each and every major opportunity. In Things Come Together, Robert Rotberg brings all of contemporary Africa into a single volume, extolling the successes and explaining the struggles. Rotberg is one of the world's foremost authorities on African politics and society, and in this book he synthesizes his knowledge of the continent into a concise overview of the current state of Africa and where it is likely headed. To that end, Rotberg considers Africa's myriad peoples. The continent is currently experiencing explosive population growth and rapid urbanization. How well are African states managing this epochal shift? He looks at how Africa's nations are governed, ranging from states with autocratic kleptocrats to democratized regimes that have made progress in achieving economic growth and battling corruption. He then turns to African economies, looking at growth levels, productivity, and persistent corruption. He concludes by filling in the picture, covering the effects of war, health care, wildlife management, varieties of religious belief, education, technology diffusion, and the character of both city and village life in this ever-evolving region. Throughout this sweeping work, Rotberg deftly moves readers across the continent, from Nigeria to South Africa, from Kenya to Senegal, to name a few. While there are undeniable cross-continental commonalities related to governance, demographics, and economic performance, he shows the unique variations of who and what is African. For anyone interested in reading a comprehensive yet pithy synthesis of a vast region possessing the world's fastest-growing population, this book is the ideal introduction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190942564
• Artikelnr.: 59308736

Autorenporträt

Robert I. Rotberg is President Emeritus of the World Peace Foundation and Founding Director of Harvard Kennedy School's Program on Intrastate Conflict. He was professor of political science and history at MIT, Academic Vice President of Tufts University, and President of Lafayette College. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has published a number of books and article on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and writes extensively for American, Canadian, and overseas newspapers. He has lived and worked extensively throughout Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
I: Africa the Diverse: Proliferating Peoples, Congested Cities, Colliding Faiths and Ethnicities
II: The Varieties of African Leadership
III: Governance, Politics, Democracy
IV: Economies and their Challenges
V: Corruption Retards Progress
VI: The China Factor
VII: Terror and Civil Conflict
VIII: Schooling for Growth
IX: Health and Wealth
X: Technology Advances Africa
XI: Africa's Vanishing Animals
XII: Things Come Together: Achieving Greatness
XIII: Acknowledgments
XIV: For Further Reading
Index