Africa in the Twenty-First Century (eBook)

The Promise of Development and Democratization

Gashawbeza Bekele, Adebayo Oyebade (Herausgeber)

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2018
238 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6452-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book, written by African scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, explores contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from diverse theoretical perspectives.

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This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from varied theoretical perspectives. The diverse issues and sub-themes addressed in this volume include tenets of democracy such as democratization, democratic institutions, good governance, term limits, minority rights, and women's political participation; and dynamics of development such as economic growth, liberalization, development strategies and models, Millennium Development Goals, uneven regional development,sustainable development challenges, transport development and management, and health and development. Featuring established and emerging scholars, this book is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers, and students interested in African politics and development.

Autor

Gashawbeza W. Bekele is associate professor of geography in the Department of History, Political Science, Geography, and Africana Studies at Tennessee State University.Adebayo Oyebade is professor of history, and Chair of the Department of History, Political Science, Geography, and Africana Studies at Tennessee State University.

Inhalt

Part 1: Governance, Democracy, And DevelopmentChapter 1: African Development and Democratization Trajectories by Gashawbeza W. Bekele and Adebayo OyebadeChapter 2: The Political Ecology of Sustainable Development in Africa by Tadesse Kidane-MariamChapter 3: Revisiting the Promise of Democracy and Development in Africa by Phillip E. Agbebaku, William E. Odion, and Mohammed ItakpeChapter 4: Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Localizing the Development Agenda in Nigeria by Funmi AdewumiChapter 5: Fallacy of Development in Africa by Sunday Layi OladipupoChapter 6: Political Economy of Postcolonial Rail Transportation Development, Management, and Privatization in Africa South of the Sahara by Tokunbo A. AyoolaPart 2: Democratization, Democratic Institutions, and Uneven Regional DevelopmentChapter 7: The Legislature and Tenure Elongation in African Presidential Democracies by Joseph Yinka Fashagba and Rotimi AjayiChapter 8: The African Diaspora and the Quest for Democracy in Africa: Revisiting the June 12 1993 Presidential Election in Nigeria by Udida A. UndiyaundeyeChapter 9: Bill of Rights for Africa: Uneven Regional Development and Indigenous Peoples Protests by R.T. AkinyelePart 3: Gender Relations, Healthcare, and DevelopmentChapter 10: Vanishing or Emerging Voices? Nigerian Women and Political Participation by Ngozi U. Emeka-NwobiaChapter 11: Women, Conflict, and Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Agenda by Adaora Osondu-OtiChapter 12: Gabon’s Giant Step in Healthcare by Biale Zua

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2018
• Reihe/Serie: African Governance and Development
• Reihe/Serie: African Governance, Development, and Leadership
• Co-Autor: Funmi Adewumi, Tadesse Kidane-Mariam, William E. Odion, Sunday Layi Oladipupo, Adaora Osondu-Oti, Adebayo Oyebade, Udida Undiyaundeye, Biale Zua, Phillip E. Agbebaku, Rotimi Ajayi, Rufus Taiwo Akinyele, Tokunbo A. Ayoola, Gashawbeza Bekele, Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia, Joseph Yinka Fashagba, Mohammed Itakpe
• Zusatzinfo: 12 Illustrations including: - 9 Black & White Illustrations; - 3 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: African development • African politics • Africa’s Economic Growth • democratization in Africa • Development and Democracy in Africa • Governance and development • Nigeria • Presidential Term limits • sustainable development in Africa • Women’s Political Participation
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6452-6 / 1498564526
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6452-6 / 9781498564526