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Social problems in Africa : new visions / edited by Apollo Rwomire.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social problems--Africa.
- Social problems.
- Africa--Social conditions--1960-.
- Africa.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 242 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
- Summary:
- Examines social problems in Africa from a variety of perspectives and disciplines.
- Contents:
- 1. The Nature of Social Problems / Apollo Rwomire 3
- 2. Understanding Social Problems in Africa / David Macdonald 13
- II. Culture, Human Rights, and Democracy 39
- 3. Language and the Politics of Power: The Case of Africa / Euphrase Kezilahabi 41
- 4. Cultural Incongruity in Changing Africa / Anthonia Adindu, Norma Romm 53
- 5. The Authoritarian State and Human Rights Violation in Postcolonial Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria, 1983-1995 / Dauda Abubakar 71
- III. Poverty and Inequality 91
- 6. The Feminization of Poverty in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa / Kyama K. Kabadaki 93
- 7. Measuring and Monitoring Urban and Rural Poverty in Nigeria / Felix E. Onah 111
- 8. Determinants of Labor Migration to Gaborone, Botswana / Oludele A. Akinboade 131
- IV. Conflict and Violence 155
- 9. Social and Political Aspects of Violence in Africa / Tibamanya mwene Mushanga 157
- 10. Nigeria's Armed Robbery Problem / Emmanuel U.M. Igbo 173
- 11. Africa's Refugee Crisis / Rodreck Mupedziswa 191
- 12. Social Change and Organized Crime in Southern Africa / Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275963438
- OCLC:
- 44039248
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