Democracy, good governance and development in Africa / edited by Munyaradzi Mawere & Tendai R. Mwanaka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mawere, Munyaradzi, editor.

Mwanaka, Tendai R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development.

Democracy--Africa.

Democracy.

Africa--Politics and government.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socio-economically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and maledictious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions on why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africa's diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africa's multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continent's long-standing political and socio-economic quandaries and hitches. Contributions are by African scholars and researchers from different disciplinary orientations and countries. Grounded in empirical reality as well as the lived experiences of the contributors, the book is an invaluable asset for social scientists, development practitioners, politicians and civil society activists.

Contents:

Good governance, democracy and sustainable development in Africa : an introduction / Munyaradzi Mawere & Tendai R. Mwanaka

Envisioning African democracy in the twenty-first century : mwana washe muranda kumwe and the coloniality of contrived democracy" / Artwell Nhemachena

Towards a United States of Africa : concepts, issues, and methodologies / Tendai R. Mwanaka and Munyaradzi Mawere

African democracy vis-a-vis western democracy : Afrikenticating, follyfying, expibasketizing, and reversing the "African democracy" debate / Peter Ateh-Afac Fossungu

Mandela and coloniality in South Africa / Ngonidzashe Marongwe & Tinashe Mawere

The state and knowledge of democracy in West Africa : a critical analysis / Richard Asante

Paradigm clash, imperial methodological epistemologies and development in Africa : observations from rural Zimbabwe and Zambia / Munyaradzi Mawere & Gertjan van Stam

Exploring indigenous religious tenets for democratic sustainability in contemporary Nigerian society / Akiti Glory Alamu

Global political agreement and the government of national unity in Zimbabwe : legal and political reflections / Alex Magaisa

Culture, ethics and politics for a better and sustainable Africa : the Mozambican experience / Munyaradzi Mawere, Annastacia M. Mawere, and Pedro Celso Jovo

Education for sustainable development in Africa : an appraisal with focus on Nigerian experience / Patrick U. Nwosu

The unsung dimension of great Zimbabwe national monument : a critique / Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya, Munyaradzi Mawere and Joshua Chikozho

Youths and ethno-religious conflicts in Sino-Nigerian countries : a comparative and transformative approach / Lemuel Ekedegwa Odeh

Reviving African indigenous institutions for democracy, good governance and development : lessons from Zimbabwe / Misheck, P. Chingozha; Munyaradzi Mawere & Annastacia M. Mawere

Architectures, technologies and indigenous knowledge in Africa : the impetus and potential of the Batonga indigenous knowledge and technology for fostering sustainable development / Joshua Chikozho, Tapuwa R. Mubaya & Munyaradzi Mawere.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 6, 2016).

ISBN:

9789956763122

9956763128

OCLC:

933515910