Grounding leadership ethics in African diaspora and election rights / Jean-Pierre K. Bongila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bongila, Jean-Pierre K., 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--Suffrage--Foreign countries.

Africans.

African diaspora--Political aspects.

African diaspora.

Suffrage--Africa.

Suffrage.

Foreign countries.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xiv, 171 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2013.

Summary:

This book analyzes the leadership ethics dilemma of whether the Diaspora ought to vote specifically in their homeland franchise. This quagmire becomes even more complex in the case of Africa, where some Diasporas participate in their countries' elections, whereas others do not. It implies and goes beyond the mere question of "why" or "what" the reasons are behind the fact that expatriates of some countries vote and those of other nations do not. The analysis contained in this book deals with whether it is right or wrong-good or bad, just or unjust, virtuous or immoral, desirable or undesirable-for citizens living overseas to participate in their countries' suffrages, and for the leaders of African countries to extend the franchise rights to their Diaspora. Pedagogically, this book proposes an applied methodology of leadership decision-making based on ethical dilemmas, which instructors and learners of various disciplines-particularly those in leadership ethics, as well as global leaders-might find useful. The combined DIRR (Description, Interpretation, Rehearsal, and Re-discernment) proposed by Enomoto and Kramer (2007) and the prudent pragmatism by Bluhm and Heineman (2007) correspond to the traditional African "baobab tree" as a physical space of social and political conflict resolutions. In Grounding Leadership Ethics in African Diaspora and Election Rights, the "baobab tree"-an ethical arena of public debate-helps to weigh, primarily, the need for Diaspora Africans to get the right to vote, as well as what the social, political, and economic benefits such a right-if it were granted-would entail. Drawing from the examples of countries that have championed some form of democratic processes, including expatriate elections, this book brings to the forefront the crucial role of both the leadership of Africa, and that of their Diaspora, in spearheading the continent on the path of sustainable development. Book jacket.

Contents:

Understanding African diaspora

Describing the dilemma

Diaspora vote in duty ethics

Diaspora vote in utility ethics

Diaspora in virtue ethics

Considering ethical tensions

Rehearsing courses of action

Re-discerning the right to vote

Working with prudent pragmatism

By way of conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739167397

0739167391

OCLC:

852833535