The political economy of development and underdevelopment in Africa / edited by Toyin Falola and Jessica Achberger.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Falola, Toyin.

Achberger, Jessica.

Conference Name:

Africa Conference (Tex.) (2011 : University of Texas at Austin)

Series:

Routledge African studies ; 10.

Routledge African studies ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Political aspects--Africa.

Economic development.

Economic development--Political aspects.

Africa--Economic conditions.

Africa.

Economic conditions.

Africa--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Economic development--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

ix, 438 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction / Toyin Falola and Jessica Achberger

Part 1. Historical roots of African underdevelopment

Africa and the making of the global environmental narrative: challenges and opportunities for the continent's development initiatives / Martin S. Shanguhyia

Indigenization versus domiciliation: a historical approach to national content in Nigeria's oil and gas industry / Jesse Salah Ovadia

Globalization and rural land conflict in north-west Cameroon: a historical perspective / Emmanuel M. Mbah

Evolving political accountability in Kenya / Jacob Butler

Part 2. Africa in the new global economy

Towards a contextualized appraisal of securities regulation in East Africa / June McLaughlin

The impact of changing global power relations on African governance of foreign direct investment / Roshen Hendrickson

Globalization and regional impulses from the global South: a comparative study of ECOWAS and ASEAN / Okpeh Ochayi Okpeh, Jr

The political implication of past and present Nigerian financial crises / Muhammed Tanko

Transcending an elitist approach and making a paradigm shift from growth without development to a "populist" development / Hauwa'u Evelyn Yusuf and Adefarakan Adedayo Yusuf

Part 3. Forging new international connections

The political economy of rising Asian interests in Africa: problems, prospects, and challenges / Olusegun M. Osinibi

The impact of the BRICS countries on Africa's socio-economic development in the post-Cold War era / Alexius Amtaika

How ready is Nigeria for Chinese investments? / John E. Anegbode and Cletus E. Onakalu

The new scramble for Africa? Indo-Kenyan economic relations, 1980-2010 / Felix Kiruthu, Mary Kinyanjui and Francis Muchoki

Part 4. The way forward for twenty-first-century development

French foreign policy in Rwanda: language, personal networks, and changing contexts / Céline A. Jacquemin

The question of development in Africa / Ebunoluwa O. Oduwole

A critique of the notion of Africa as the "Third World": towards a new perspective / Mike O. Odey

American pharmaceutical influence on Uganda's HIV/AIDS relief system / Ben Weiss and Jessica Achberger

Copenhagen: an African's reading on the aftermath of the Copenhagen's climate change conference (2009) / Olivier J. Tchouaffe

Globalization and developing economies: eco-tourism and sustainable development in Cross River State, Nigeria / Donald Omagu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originated from the 2011 Africa Conference, Africa in World Politics, held at the University of Texas-Austin from March 25 to 27, 2011.

ISBN:

0415818885

9780415818889

OCLC:

809610721

Publisher Number:

99961522854