Africa through structuration theory - ntu / Jean Pierre Elonga Mboyo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mboyo, Jean Pierre Elonga, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government.

Africa.

Africa--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite all the talk about African renaissance, much of the continent is plagued by poverty and instability. To break out of that cycle, the guardians of African heritage (the old independence freedom fighters turned political leaders and their successors) and much of Afrocentric literature rightly promote African ideas and solutions for African problems. While the idea in itself is noble, the danger is for Africa to close itself off and ignore 'outside' technical and intellectual innovations that it desperately needs to advance further. Africa through Structuration Theory - ntu joins the discourse by attempting to restore intellectual freedom and convincingly defends structuration theory not only as the way forward for Africa but also as a legitimate African concept. It is innovative, refreshing and deserves to be heard across the world and appreciated especially by African graduates, current and future leaders of various African institutions or businesses, non-Africans who might hesitate to refer to such a theory when trying to understand and deal with African problems and the wider public who constitute the audience for this book.

Contents:

""Chapter 2 - Structure and agency: (an issue of trust?)""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Structure""; ""Agency""; ""Trust: the go between""; ""Crisis of trust?""; ""Duality of structures""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 - Duality of structures: a (not THE) methodology""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Ontology""; ""Epistemology""; ""Methodology""; ""Ethical issues and dilemmas""; ""Chapter 4 - Double de-contextualisation: a methodological myth or reality?""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Defining the term (s) of reference and rational""

""When (double) de-contextualisation is most common""""Knowledge and context: between durability and complexity/temporality""; ""�Double de-contextualisation�: a positioning""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 - Higher education in the DRC and Sub-Saharan Africa: duality of structures in action""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""DRC universities and their problems""; ""Rethinking current understanding of �Successful� or �world-class� universities""; ""Official expectations of universities/higher education in the DRC""; ""Analysis""; ""Proposed framework""; ""Conclusion""

""References""""Index""; ""Back cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 12, 2015).

ISBN:

9789956762040

9956762040

OCLC:

916529781