| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages) |
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African Governance and Development |
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African governance and development.
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| Contents |
Cover; Africa in the Twenty-First Century; Africa in the Twenty-First Century: The Promise of Development and Democratization; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Governance, Democracy, and Development; Chapter 1; African Development and Democratization Trajectories; A Historical Overview of Governance Systems in Africa; Democratic Consolidation in Africa's Fledgling Democracies; The Challenges of Democratization; Conceptualizing Development; Models for African Development; Trends in Economic Growth and Social Development; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2 |
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The Political Ecology of Sustainable Development in Africa Africa's Sustainable Development Experience: A Synoptic Overview; Critical Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Development; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3; Revisiting the Promise of Democracy and Development in Africa; The Crisis of African Development in Historical Perspective; Strategies and Measures Adopted by African Countries; The Nexus between Democracy and Development in the African Context; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4; Beyond the Millennium Development Goals; Development Planning in Nigeria: An Overview |
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The MDGS and the Limits of Externally Driven Development Planning Local Governance and the Challenge of People-Centered Development; Recommendations; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5; Fallacy of Development in Africa; Conceptualizing Development; Revisiting African Culture for Development; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6; Political Economy of Postcolonial Rail Transportation Management in Africa; Railway Developments in Colonial Africa; Postcolonial Railroad Developments; Postcolonial Railroad Administration and Management; Neoliberalism and African Railroads |
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Evaluation of Railroad Privatization in Africa; Conclusion; Notes; Democratization, Democratic Institutions, and Uneven Regional Development; Chapter 7; The Legislature and Tenure Elongation in African Presidential Democracies; The Legislatures in New African Presidential Democracies; The Legislature and Tenure Elongation; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8; The African Diaspora and the Quest for Democracy in Africa; Annulment of the Election; The African Diaspora Involvement; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 9; Bill of Rights for Africa; Uneven Regional Development and Indigenous Peoples Protests |
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Conclusion; Notes; Gender Relations, Health Care, and Development; Chapter 10; Vanishing or Emerging Voices?; Women and Governance in Nigeria; Women, Democracy, and Political Participation in Nigeria; Women and Elections, 1999-2015; Women Participation in the Democratic Process; Enhancing Women Participation; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 11; Women, Conflict, and Nigeria's Sustainable Development Agenda; The UN Sustainable Development Goals; Women, Conflict Challenges and Sustainable Development Agenda: Nigeria as a Reference Point; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 12; Gabon's Giant Step in Health Care |
| Summary |
This book, written by African scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, explores contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from diverse theoretical perspectives |
| Notes |
Gabon's Steps toward Good Health |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social conditions
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Agbebaku, Phillip E
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Ajayi, Rotimi
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Akinyele, Rufus Taiwo
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Ayoola, Tokunbo A
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Bekele, Gashawbeza
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Emeka-Nwobia, Ngozi U
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Fashagba, Joseph Yinka
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Oyebade, Adebayo
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| ISBN |
9781498564526 |
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1498564526 |
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