State, governance and development in Africa / editors, Firoz Khan [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khan, Firoz, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Economic policy--21st century.

Africa.

Africa--Economic conditions--21st century.

Africa--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lansdowne, South Africa : UCT Press, 2016.

Summary:

The inspiration for this book was a Summer School on State, Governance and Development presented by distinguished academics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Written by young African scholars, the chapters here focus on state, governance and development in Africa as seen from the authors' vantage points and positions in different sectors of society.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Imprint page

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Acronyms and abbreviations

Figures and tables

Foreword 1

Foreword 2

Foreword 3

Introduction

Part 1: Contemporary statecraft and stateengineering

Chapter 1: The state, governance and the politicalsettlement

Chapter 2: China in Africa: Quo vadis governance?

Chapter 3: Governance, aid and institutional traps

Part 2: Government, governance and party systemsin Africa

Chapter 4: Changing demographics: Is Kenya's politicalstability guaranteed?

Chapter 5: Public participation in South Africa

Part 3: Governance, policy reform andinstitution-building

Chapter 6: The Somali question and prospects forstate-building

Chapter 7: Landscapes of terror

Part 4: Governance, resource mobilisation and financing

Chapter 8: Mining in Malawi: Another missed opportunity?

Chapter 9: Green economy, realpolitik and resource mobilisation in Rwanda, Mozambique and South Africa

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 23, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4851-1763-1