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Title: | Globalizing Africa |
Editor: | Smith, Malinda |
Year: | 2003 |
Pages: | 593 |
Language: | English |
City of publisher: | Trenton, NJ |
Publisher: | Africa World Press |
ISBN: | 0865438692; 0865438706 |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | globalization democracy economic conditions global economy education literature |
Abstract: | The thirty essays in this volume engage the theoretical and practical aspects of globalization and their impact on particular African States (South Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Senegal, Ghana) as well as on the continent as a whole. The volume offers Africa-specific and comparative analyses to the debates on democratization, globalization, regional integration, multilateralism, and cultural diffusion in the post-Cold War world. It is divided into three parts. Part I, Democracy, human rights & peace, analyses the invention and representation of Africa, its struggle for democracy, good governance, peace and human security, and human rights from slavery to the postcolonial period. Part II, Africa in the global economy, assesses the challenges and constraints of economic development in postcolonial Africa, the internal and external factors that shape its marginality in the global economy, and its prospects for regional and continental integration. The essays in part III, Education & culture, reflect on African indigenous knowledge, universities, and cultural industries, as well as on memory and reconciliation in postcolonial societies. [ASC Leiden abstract] |