Social problems in Africa : new visions / edited by Apollo Rwomire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rwomire, Apollo, 1945-

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