Africa at the crossroads : between regionalism and globalization / edited by John Mukum Mbaku and Suresh Chandra Saxena
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| Subjects: | Regionalism--Africa Globalization--Economic aspects--Africa Africa--Economic policy Africa--Economic integration Africa--Economic conditions--1960- Africa--Politics and government--1960- |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004 |
| LC Classification: | H, HC |
| Table of Contents: | Tables Acknowledgments Acronyms 1. Africa at the crossroads / John Mukum Mbaku, Suresh Chandra Saxena 1 2. Africa at the crossroads of globalization / Emmanuel Nnadozie 21 3. Globalization and popular disenchantment in Africa / Francis B. Nyamnjoh 49 4. A Tale of three images : globalization, marginalization, and the sovereignty of the African nation-state / Paul L. Ehioze Idahosa 93 5. Regionalism and regional cooperation in Africa : new century challenges and prospects / Paul-Henri Bischoff 121 6. The new East African community : a defense and security organ as the missing link / P. Godfrey Okoth 147 7. The African union : Africa's giant step toward continental unity / Suresh Chandra Saxena 163 8. Fighting poverty and deprivation in Africa : the continuing struggle / John Mukum Mbaku 191 9. Internet connectivity and development in Africa : look before you "leapfrog" / Lyombe S. Eko 211 10. Decentralization and privatization of infrastructure / Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Wilson S. K. Wasike 233 11. Beyond rhetoric : peacekeeping in Africa in the new millennium / Korwa G. Adar 267 12. Cultural diversity, societal conflict, and sustainable peace in Africa : consociational democracy revisited / Ufo Okeke Uzodike 287 13. State repair and democratic development in Africa / Kunle Amuwo 315 14. Ethnicity, agonism of difference, and national imagining in postcolonial Africa / Nantang Jua 337 15. The struggle for stability in Nigeria's contemporary politics (1990-1999) and the lessons for the fourth republic / E. Ike Udogu 371 16. Imperialism and militarism in Africa : the political economy of French arms sales and military interventions, 1960-1980 / Immanuel Tatah Mentan 387 Selected biliography 429 Index 443 About the editors and contributors 461 |
| Additional Authors: | Mbaku, John Mukum, 1950- Saxena, Suresh Chandra, 1933- |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2003057997 ISBN: 0275980200 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-442) and index |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 466 p. ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 52601154 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0275980200 |