| Description |
1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- Part I: The Contemporary Context in Historical Perspective -- Chapter 1: Africa in World Politics: Sustaining Reform in a Turbulent World Order -- Women's Political Empowerment -- Climate Change -- Rights-Based International Order -- Building Viable Political Economies -- China in Africa -- Democracy and the State -- Elusive Reconstruction of the African State -- Note |
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Chapter 2: Africa in the Modern World System and Global Orders -- Introduction -- The Four Major Structural Adjustments of African Economies and Lives -- Conceptual Framing -- Historical Framing -- The Limits of Decolonization -- Coloniality of Markets and Market Fundamentalism -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Building Viable Political Economies -- Chapter 3: Africa and the Global Economy after Aid Dependence -- Introduction -- Trends in Foreign Aid -- The Evolution of Foreign Direct Investment -- The Evolution of Africa's International Trade -- Implications of These Trends -- Notes |
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Changes after 1990 -- Women Heads of State -- Vice Presidents -- Prime Ministers -- Female Ministers -- Ambassadors -- Legislative Representation -- Quotas -- Colonial Legacies in Female Legislative Representation -- Speakers of the House -- Judiciary -- Political Participation -- African Women in Regional and International Governance -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Third Wave Democracy and the State in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Legacies of Authoritarian Rule in Sub-Sahara -- Sub-Saharan Africa's Democratic Record, 2006-2021 -- Dimensions of African Democratic Performance |
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Citizen Perceptions of Democratic Performance -- Support for Core Democratic State Institutions -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Part III: In Search of Elusive State Reconstruction -- Chapter 7: The International Factor in African Warfare -- Warfare and the Crisis of Patronage Politics -- Warfare, World Politics, and Twenty-First-Century State-Building -- Warfare, World Politics, and Twenty-First-Century State Collapse -- World Politics and the Future of African Wars -- Notes -- Chapter 8: The Great Lakes Region: Thirty Years of Instability -- Introduction -- State failure |
| Summary |
Drawing together insights from some of the world's leading scholars of African politics, this book provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the perfect introduction to the challenges faced by African states on an increasingly turbulent world stage |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
References -- Chapter 4: States, Markets, and Financial Liberalization in Africa -- Introduction -- The Context for Entrepreneurial Governance -- Types of Public Investment Vehicles and Sources of Funding -- Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, State Owned Enterprises and "Partystatals" -- Public Pension Funds and Social Security -- Parastatals and "Party-Statals" as Investors -- Where Are Governments Investing and Who Benefits? -- The Allure of Offshore -- Assessing Entrepreneurial Governance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Women and Politics in Africa -- Introduction |
| Notes |
Territorial extension of civil wars |
| Subject |
World politics -- 1989-
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Politics and government
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World politics
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rothchild, Donald
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| ISBN |
9781000892062 |
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1000892069 |
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