Towards a New Map of AfricaBen Wisner, Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment, Rutendo Chitiga Routledge, 23/05/2012 - 373 من الصفحات 'The big, era-defining questions and, at last, the subtle, tenable answers, teased out without clich or compromise. A vital volume at a critical moment.' 'This book dispels the myth of a uniformly hopeless, hungry continent. It shows just how extraordinarily diverse Africa is and how much it has changed in the last 20 years.Full of fresh thinking on problems that face Africa and new African approaches to development.' This ground-breaking book, with a foreword by former President of Ireland (199-997) and UN Human Rights Commissioner (1997 2002) Mary Robinson, uniquely distils the complex issues surrounding Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. African and Western scholars provide a fascinating 'map' for the reader to navigate between issues such as urban and rural livelihoods, the potential of fresh water fishing, health, the HIV/AIDS crisis, conflict and efforts at peacemaking. Also included are critical assessments of Africa's role in the global economy, the growth of regional economic cooperation within Africa, the influence of ethnicity on the continent's politics, the evolution of its political institutions, and the impact of Africa's legal systems on its development. A substantial introductory essay by the editors measures the distance Africa has travelled and the lessons it has learned since Africa in Crisis, the classic Earthscan book, was published in 1985. Ben Wisner is visiting research fellow at DESTIN, London School of Economics and at Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London, and visiting professor of environmental studies, Oberlin College, USA. Camilla Toulmin is Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development. Rutendo Chitiga is a freelance writer and editor, and has a postgraduate degree in environment and development. |
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... Elite Unity, Underdevelopment and State Autonomy 233 Conscious Leadership and Class Unity: The Foundation of State Capacity 239 Conclusion 255 Identity and National Governance Mahmood Mamdani 265 The Colonial State and Legally Inscribed ...
... elites) without consultation or compensation (Abudulai, 2001; Agbenyega et al, 2001). Poorer people (women, widows and young people) claim that their family heads are benefiting from such transactions while they lose their farmlands and ...
... elite. Chapters 9 and 10 are devoted to questions concerning local government and decentralization. 'Good government' and 'democracy' are the subject of much recent work, which explores the relationship between democracy and development ...
... elite? There is continuing tension between micro-management of the process by aid agencies and their protestations of the need for 'country-ownership'. One symptom of continuing economic decline in many African countries, despite the ...
... elite-oriented government policies plus conflict have rendered a large proportion of people vulnerable to food scarcity, illness and 'environmental bankruptcy'. Africa in Crisis showed that a large proportion of people didn't get enough ...