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Title:The Environmental Problems and Politics of Power: Review on the African Elite
Author:Korvenoja, TitaISNI
Year:1993
Periodical:Nordic Journal of African Studies
Volume:2
Issue:1
Pages:140-154
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:rural-urban relations
political elite
environment
Politics and Government
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External link:https://njas.fi/njas/article/view/724/547
Abstract:This article examines the African elite and its political role from an environmental point of view. It argues that the concept of urban bias has often been used to shed light on the background of earlier economic policies, although the uncontrolled migration from rural areas in Africa to towns has continuously eroded the urban-rural income gap. In many sub-Saharan African countries that gap has never been clear and it has further narrowed after the 1970s. The old division between the favoured urban dwellers and the forgotten farmers has changed into a gap between the poor and the rich. The environmental problems of African countries not only result partially from the economic policies followed by African governments, but the resolution of these problems will in many ways endanger the political leadership of the elite. Bibliogr.
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