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Africa in the twenty-first century : the promise of development and democratization / edited by Gashawbeza Bekele, Adebayo Oyebade.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- African governance and development.
- African governance and development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--Social conditions--21st century.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from varied theoretical perspectives.
- Contents:
- Part I. Governance, democracy, and development. African development and democratization trajectories / Gashawbeza W. Bekele and Adebayo Oyebade
- The political ecology of sustainable development in Africa / Tadesse Kidane-Mariam
- Revisiting the promise of democracy and development in Africa / Phillip E. Agbebaku, William E. Odion, and Mohammed Itakpe
- Beyond the millennium development goals: localizing the development agenda in Nigeria / Funmi Adewumi
- Fallacy of development in Africa / Sunday Layi Oladipupo
- Political economy of postcolonial rail transportation management in Africa / Tokunbo A. Ayoola
- Part II: Democratization, democratic institutions, and uneven regional development. The legislature and tenure elongation in African presidential democracies / Joseph Yinka Fashagba and Rotimi Ajayi
- The African diaspora and the quest for democracy in Africa: revisiting the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria / Udida A. Undiyaundeye
- Bill of Rights for Africa: uneven regional development and indigenous peoples protests / Rufus T. Akinyele
- Part III: Gender relations, health care, and development. Vanishing or emerging voices? Nigerian women and political participation / Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia
- Women, conflict, and Nigeria's sustainable development agenda / Adaora Osondu-Oti
- Gabon's giant step in health care / Biale Zua.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-6452-6
- OCLC:
- 1084428380
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