| Description |
293 pages |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jan P. Pronk -- Introduction / Stephen Ellis -- 1. Africa in perspective / Toyin Falola -- 2. Nationalism, ethnicity & democracy / Solofo Randrianja -- 3. Youth & violence / Ali El-Kenz -- 4. Movements of religious renewal / Mohamed Tozy -- 5. Building public morality / Lilia Labidi -- 6. The institutional foundations of growth / Janine Aron -- 7. Formal & informal economic activities / Ernest Aryeetey -- 8. The diversity of adjustment in agriculture / Jean-Paul Azam -- 9. Constraints to manufacturing production / Lindani Ndlovu -- 10. An agrarian continent in transition / Deborah Fahy Bryceson and John Howe -- 11. The crisis of the state / Tiebile Drame -- 12. Regional integration / Colin McCarthy -- 13. The politics of aid effectiveness / Nicolas van de Walle -- 14. Some legal aspects of migration / Chaloka Beyani -- Conclusion: Africa's future & the world / Stephen Ellis |
| Summary |
Africa Now examines the changes which are affecting the whole continent from Algeria to South Africa as the century ends. The relations between citizens and their governments are shown, not only in nationalism, ethnicity and democracy, but also in youth and violence, religious revival and public morality. Policies to start growth, how institutions respond to the informal economy, the diversity of adjustment in agriculture and the constraints on manufacturing; and Africa in the world as reflected in the crisis of the state, regional integration, and the politics of aid effectiveness and of migration. The contributors come from all parts of Africa as well as from outside the continent. Many of them have held senior positions in African governments and in international organizations |
| Analysis |
Social conditions |
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Africa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001576
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001552
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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Africa -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001548
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Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001570
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Africa -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001574
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Africa http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531 -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
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| Author |
Ellis, Stephen, 1953-2015.
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| LC no. |
96007021 |
| ISBN |
0435089870 |
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0435089897 paperback |
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