Africa and Globalization: Challenges Of Governance And Creativity (African Histories And Modernities #51)

Synopsis

Offers thoughtful, accessible analysis of how African states have responded to the challenges of globalization.

Presents policy recommendations for helping African states to play more active and profitable roles in the global economy.

Includes perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines, including political science, economics, development studies, gender studies, and film studies.

This book considers the promises and challenges of globalization for Africa. Why have African states been perennially unable to diversify their economies and move beyond export of primary produce, even as Southeast Asia has made a tremendous leap into manufacturing? What institutional impediments are in play in African states? What reforms would mitigate the negative effects of globalization and distribute its benefits more equitably? Covering critical themes such as political leadership, security challenges, the creative sector, and community life, essays in this volume argue that the starting point for Africa’s meaningful engagement with the rest of the world must be to look inward, examine Africa’s institutions, and work towards reforms that promote inclusiveness and stability.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783319749051

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Addition:

05/31/18

Copyrighted By:

Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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