African Governance, Security, and Development (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nasong'o, Wanjala S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

African Governance, Security, and Development explores the political economy of development in Africa. The contributors examine the impact and implications of the democratization process in Africa with particular focus on issues of economic, social, and institutional development. Through a variety of critical perspectives and disciplines, contributors analyze topics such as the impact of democratization on governance and institutional development, foreign aid and foreign direct investment, terrorism in Africa, identity politics, and the politics of oil extraction. African Governance, Security, and Development features the voices of scholars from institutions of higher learning in Africa and showcases case studies from the continent, bringing much-needed African and Africanist perspectives to current discussions about African political development and economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793645593
• Artikelnr.: 62284245

Autorenporträt

WanjalaS. Nasong'o is professor of international studies at Rhodes College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Democracy, Governance, and Development
Wanjala S. Nasong'o
Part I: The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation
Chapter 1: Different Paths, Similar Destination: The Unending and
Un-consolidating Democratic Transition in Kenya and Uganda
Joshua M. Kivuva
Chapter 2: The Legislature and Third Term Ambition in African Democracy
Ibrahim Yusuf and Stanley O. Ehiane
Chapter 3: Assessing the Impact of Democratization: The Case of Kenya's
Supreme Court
John Mwangi Githigaro
Chapter 4: Democracy and Education in African Schools: Contradictions
between Theory and Practice in Kenya
Suleiman Kairu Mwangi
Chapter 5: Politics of Identity and Democratization in Postcolonial Africa:
Kenyan Experience
Vundi Nason
Part II: Gender, Ethnicity, and Civic Engagement
Chapter 6: Gender and Political Governance in Africa: Revisiting Past and
Contemporary Dimensions
Fatuma Guyo
Chapter 7: Transforming the 'Bearded' Parliament in Africa through Gender
Mainstreaming: The Case of the Kenyan N