Globalization and sustainable development in Africa
edited by Bessie House-Soremekun and Toyin Falola
Bok · Engelsk · 2011
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| Utgitt | Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press , 2011
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| Omfang | XVIII, 463 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Part one: Globalization and development: The trouble with globalization: it isn't global enough! / Martin C. Spechler -- Can Africa compete in a global economy? / Baiyee-Mbi Agbor-Baiyee -- A two-track strategy for viable development in Africa / Benaiah Yongo-Bure -- Solutions to Africa's development challenges / Stephen D. Kpinpuo -- Renewable energy, migration-development model, and sustainability entrepreneurship / Rubin Patterson -- Part two: Localities, nations, and globalization: Transborder labor liberalization and social contracts / Karen E. Bravo -- Asante society and the global market / Gracia Clark -- Enterprising women in Zimbabwe: confronting crisis in a globalizing era / Mary J. Osirim -- Sustainable strategies in a postconflict environment: fostering local entrepreneurship in Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter -- Part three: Industrial and financial networking: Globalization and monetary convergence: independent currency union or dollarization? / Christopher E. S. Warburton -- The impact of globalization on emerging markets: the case of Côte d'Ivoire / Ulf Richter -- Globalization and industrial development in Nigeria / Kola Subair -- Interest rates, fiscal policy, and foreign private investment in Nigeria / Iyiola Alade Ajayi and Adeyemi Babalola -- Why Nigeria does not work: obstacles and the alternative path to development / Charles J. Mambula -- Part four: Insecurity and conflicts: The impact of globalization on international security / John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo -- Resource curse, globalization, and conflicts / Ricardo Real Pedrosa de Sousa -- The politics of oil and development and visual metaphors of the crisis in Nigeria's Niger delta / Aderonke Adesola Adesanya -- Islam and the "global war on terror" in West Africa / Abdoulaye Saine. The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa. Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of sustainable development. This volume answers that need. The essays here contribute to the store of knowledge about globalization in sub-Saharan Africa by documenting the affect of this global force on the continent's growth -- economic, political, and cultural. This interdisciplinary collection provides comprehensive analyses at the international, national, and local levels of the theoretical issues revolving around the complex process of globalization, while offering detailed examinations of new models of economic development that can be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance economic growth, self-sufficiency, and sustainable development. These models are accessible to politicians, public policy analysts, scholars, students, international organizations, nongovernmental actors, and members of the public at large. Finally, the essays here provide insightful case studies of African countries that already demonstrate creative, indigenous-based models of entrepreneurship and discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development and economic independence at the grassroots level. Contributors represent the disciplines of law, history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, business and management, African studies and art history, criminal justice, and education.
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| ISBN | 9781580463928
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