The Palgrave Handbook of African Politics, Governance and Development

This handbook constitutes a single collection of well researched articles and essays on African politics, governance and development from the pre-colonial through colonial to the post-colonial eras. Over the course of these interconnected periods, African politics have evolved with varied experience...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Falola, Toyin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2018.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 1. Introduction: Contextualizing the Debates on Politics, Governance, and Development
  • 2. Competing Theories and Concepts on Politics, Governance, and Development
  • 3. Theory of the Crises of the State .- 4. Post-colonialism: Theoretical Foundations and Relevance to African Politics
  • 5. Decoloniality as a Combative Ontology in African Development
  • 6. Theories of Social change and Development in Africa
  • 7. Theoretical Foundations of Nation-building
  • 8. Pre-colonial political institutions: Relevance for Contemporary Africa
  • 9. Politics and Society in Pre-Colonial Africa: Implications for Governance in Contemporary Times
  • 10. Settler and Non-settler Colonialism in Africa
  • 11. Nationalism in Africa: concepts, types and phases
  • 12. Nationalism and Political Independence in Africa
  • 13. Theories of Military in African Politics .- 14. Coups and counter-coups in Africa .- 15. Military and Transition Politics .- 16. Civil Military Relations in Africa
  • 17. Politics of identity and the crisis of nation-building in Africa.- 18. Migration and Xenophobia in Africa
  • 19. Identity politics and wars of secession in Africa .- 20. Ethnic Identity and Conflicts in Africa .- 21. Identities, Conflicts, and Africa Refugee Crises .- 22. Resource Control and Conflict in Africa .- 23. Trade Unions and the struggle for democracy in Africa .- 24. The Peasantry and politics in Africa .- 25. Civil Society Organizations and Democratic Governance in Africa .- 26.Uncivil society and ethnic militia in African politics .- 27. Migration and Urbanization in Africa .- 28. Democracy and Political Development in Africa .- 29. Political Parties and Democracy in Africa .- 30. Institutions, Neopatriomonial Politics, and Democratic Development .- 31. Gender and Governance .- 32. Political Participation and Political Citizenship .- 33. Media and Politics in Africa .- 34. Public Procurement and Development in Africa .- 35. Challenges of Economic Development .- 36. Resource Governance and the Crisis of Development .- 37. Illicit Financial Flows and African Development Conundrum
  • 38. Public Good and the Crises of Service Delivery in Africa .- 39. Regional Integration and Development .- 40. Resilient/Informal  Economy and African Development
  • 41. The Role of International Financial Institutions
  • 42. Africa in the global trading system
  • 43. Africa and foreign direct investment
  • 44. Africa in the BRICS: In whose interest?
  • 45. Africa's Development Narratives: From Growth to Wellbeing
  • 46. The politics of foreign aid
  • 47. From OAU to AU: Rethinking supranational governance in Africa
  • 48. Pan Africanism is Africa's Third Way: The Cultural Relevance of African Political Economy
  • 49. Demography and the Future of Africa
  • 50. From Hard to Human Security: Rethinking Security Architecture in Africa
  • 51. Research, Innovation and Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 52. Energy Security and the future of development in Africa
  • 53. Climate Change, Food Security and Sustainable Development in Africa
  • 54. The Political Economy of Corruption
  • 55. Rethinking Governance and Development.