Africa in the Twenty-First Century (eBook, PDF)

The Promise of Development and Democratization
Redaktion: Bekele, Gashawbeza; Oyebade, Adebayo

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216306139
• Artikelnr.: 74399211

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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