Contending issues in African development : advances, challenges, and the future / edited by Obioma M. Iheduru.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iheduru, Obioma M.

Series:

Contributions in economics and economic history ; no. 219.

Contributions in economics and economic history, 0084-9235 ; no. 219

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic policy.

Africa.

Africa--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking a forward-looking approach, this book critically examines the issues and dynamics central to Africa's problematic development and situates these issues within the contents unique cultural, political, economic, and social milieu. Moving away from a simple litany of problems bedeviling Africa's economy, the book is the culmination of several scholars' efforts to identify specific causative factors. Each chapter delineates a specific issue, demonstrates the role it plays in overall development, and speculates on probable ways to meet the challenges it poses. The major conceptual and epistemological constructs considered include the tamed African State, social capacity, management of change, reconceptualized gender roles, and economic integration. Although the contributors' various approaches diverge and disagree, the epistemological variations contribute cumulatively to an understanding of the issues at the root of Africa's slow pace of development. While traversing the spectrum of issues that affect development, the book uniquely points out that the management of change is pivotal to fostering development. The authors' efforts provide a useful base for future research and help to chart a course of action leading to success in the 21st century.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENDING ISSUES IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

Contents

PART I Introduction

1 Conflicts and Convergence in African Development Thinking

BRING BACK THE STATE

BUILDING SOCIAL CAPACITY

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE

REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CONCLUSION

NOTE

PART II Bring Back the State: From Instability to Consolidation

2 The Political Economy of State Reconstitution in Africa

INTRODUCTION

MODERNIZATION AND NEOLIBERAL ARGUMENTS

DEPENDENCY THEORY11

CONCEPT OF STATEHOOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO AFRICA

WHERE THE RAIN BEGAN TO BEAT US27

INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN AFRICA

RECONSTITUTING THE AFRICAN STATES

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS FACING AFRICA

WESTERN RESPONSE TO THE CRISES OF STATEHOOD IN AFRICA

IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: SUPERSTATES ARE BETTER FOR AFRICA

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

3 The Mass Media and Political Stability in Africa: A Utilitarian Theory Approach

INSTABILITY: DEFINITIONS

Factors of Instability

A MODEL OF INSTABILITY IN AFRICA

MODEL VARIABLES AND DEFINITIONS

OPERATION OF THE INSTABILITY MODEL: HOW IT FUNCTIONS

The Two-Way Relationship between Economic and Social Instabilities

THE ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN AFRICA'S POLITICS

The Colonial Press: The Duality of the Mass Media

The Nationalist Press: Mass Media as Emancipators

The Contemporary Press

THE MASS MEDIA AS AGENTS OF STABILITY

Media Impotence: Why They Are Not Stability Agents

Development Journalism and National Development

Consequences of Media Impotence and State Control

Propositions for Remedying Instability

Freedom of the Press: What Does It Mean?

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION

UTILITARIAN JOURNALISM

Genuine African Needs

The Feasibility of Utilitarian Journalism

Policy Reform.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

4 Africa between the Meiji Restoration and the Legacy of Atatürk: Comparative Dilemmas of Modernization

IS WESTERNIZED AFRICA PREMODERN?

MODERNIZATION IN A FOREIGN IDIOM

TOWARD MODERNIZING WESTERNIZED AFRICA

PART III Building Social Capacity: Civil Society, Democratization, and Human Rights

5 Civil Society and Democratic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa

NGOS AS DEMOCRATIZING AGENTS

NGOS AND POLITICS: A CONTRADICTION OF NATURAL EVOLUTION?

NGOs AS AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENT: BACK TO THE FUTURE?

REFERENCES

6 The State and Human Rights in Africa

THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE AFRICAN PREDICAMENT

THE NONHEGEMONIC STATE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

7 Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Advances, and Prospects

DEMOCRACY IN THE SUB-SAHARAN SETTING: TOWARD A WORKING DEFINITION

FACTORS THAT IMPACT THE SUB-SAHARAN DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS

Physical Resources

Historical Factors

Early Civilizations

Present-Day Civilizations

Influences of Colonial Rule

Economic Woes and Recovery Efforts

The Deficit Crisis

Recovery Efforts

Social and Cultural Conditions

Fast Population Growth

Rapid Urbanization

Disease, Health Care, and AIDS

HIV/AIDS

Other Social and Cultural Conditions

SUB-SAHARAN MOVES TOWARD POLITICAL DEMOCRACY

Democracy since Independence

Democratization Process Undertaken in the 1989-1997 Period

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

States Struggling or Straggling in the Democratization Process

States Struggling for Minimal Democracy

States in which Minimal Democracy Has Yet to Take Roots

8 Prolegomena to an African-Western Ethics and Theory of Rights

INTRODUCTION.

RELATIVISM, MULTICULTURALISM, AND A COMMON ETHICS

RIGHTS

A CASE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL VALUES

The Yanomamo: Overcoming Substantial Differences

Cross-Cultural Appreciation of Cultures

PROTECTIONISM AND RIGHTS

AN AFRICAN-WESTERN VIEW OF RIGHTS

Five Prolegomic Themes

PART IV Political Economy and the Management of Change

9 Toward Democracy and Security in Africa: What Prospects Exist for the Sustainable Development of Civil Societies?

AFRICA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CULTURE IN THE 1990S

CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CONTINENT

CHALLENGES FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

CONCLUSION: WHAT PROSPECTS EXIST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?

10 Nigeria: The Dynamics of Agricultural Policy in a Restructuring Economy

AGRICULTURE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY

AGRICULTURAL POLICY, 1970-85

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR NIGERIA

A REVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF NIGERIA

ARABLE FARMING

PASTORAL FARMING

CONCLUSION: A CRITIQUE OF AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE, 1985-98

11 Women and Sustainable Development in Africa

CRITIQUING DEVELOPMENT

AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT CRISIS

ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND GENDER BIAS

GENDER BIAS IN AGRICULTURE

GENDER BIAS IN THE NONAGRICULTURAL ECONOMY

GENDER BIAS, POPULATION GROWTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY VERSUS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

PART V Regional Integration and Sustainable Development

12 Evaluation of the State of Integration in Africa: How to Strengthen the African Economic Community

THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)

ECOWAS Achievements.

Obstacles to Integration within ECOWAS

How to Strengthen ECOWAS

THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION OF WEST AFRICA (UEMOA)

UEMOA Achievements

UEMOA Obstacles

How to Strengthen UEMOA

THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA)

COMESA Achievements

Obstacles to Integration within COMESA

How to Strengthen COMESA

SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC), THE SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION TO THE SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION CONFERENCE (SADCC)

Achievements of SADC

Obstacles to Integration within SADC

Cases of Success in Project-Led Development

Toward Building SADC Political Strength and Organization

Impact of Trade Reform on Trade and Industrial Structures

How to Strengthen SADC

THE CENTRAL AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (CEEAC)

CEEAC Achievements

CEEAC Obstacles

How to Strengthen CEEAC

THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA (CEMAC)

13 West African Regionalism Revisited: Cooperative Management of the Senegal and Gambia Water Resources

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

SENEGAL RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAMBIA RIVER BASIN

CONCLUSIONS

14 The Politics of Regional Integration and Development in Africa: Issues, Limitations, and Prospects

ISSUES AND EFFORTS TOWARD AFRICAN INTEGRATION

AFRICAN EFFORTS TOWARD INTEGRATION

THE POLITICS AND LIMITATIONS OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION EFFORTS

Lack of Mutual Confidence and Trust

Low Level of Cross-Border Trade Relations

Poverty of African Political Economy

Lack of Sustainable Political Will and Lack of Security Climate

The Limitation of Institutional Mechanism

Challenges of the New World Order and Globalization

PROSPECTS OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION SCHEMES

PART VI Conclusion.

15 Redefining the African State: Political Capacity in the Post-Reform Era

THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF THE STATE

THE AFRICAN STATE AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

REFORM AND STATE POLITICAL CAPACITY

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400631535

9780313001017

0313001014

OCLC:

49793402