Research Catalog

Title

The state of Africa 2010/11 : parameters and legacies of governance and issue areas / Korwa G. Adar, Monica K. Juma and Katabaro N. Miti.

Author

Adar, Korwa G. (Korwa Gombe), 1949-

Publication

Pretoria, South Africa : African Institute of South Africa, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Juma, Monica Kathina.
• Miti, Katabaro
• Africa Institute of South Africa.

Description

xxxi, 252 p. : ill; 25 cm.

Summary

The State of Africa series project was conceived by the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) during its 2003--04 financial year for purposes of mapping out on a regular basis critical issue areas relating to intra- and inter-African as well as extra-African relations. The first and second volumes of the series were published in 2004 and 2008 respectively. Volume 1: The State of Africa: Thematic and Factual Review served as an exploratory piece and covered a broad range of issues relating to politics and governance, millennium development goals (MDGs), peace and conflict and regional development. Volume 2: The State of Africa: Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development focused thematically and examined--from critical and comprehensive perspectives--issues associated with post-conflict in Africa. The volume was grounded on the continent's quest for conflict prevention, management and resolution as a means of creating an enabling environment for the consolidation of democracy and reconstruction of societies affected by crisis in general and war in particular. This volume, Volume 3: Parameters and Legacies of Governance and Issue Areas takes a multi-pronged and multi-faceted approach to some of these issues by providing in-depth analysis of dynamics at national, regional, continental and international levels. The global transformation in the 1980s and 1990s, which witnessed the crumbling of the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact and opened a window of opportunities for East--West bipolar rapprochement, particularly between the United States and Russia, also had impact on Africa at the national, regional and continental levels. Focusing on conceptual units, such as the state, indigenous organisations, regional and continental organisations as well as selected priority issues--in particular gender and empowerment, the global South, and space science--the chapters in the book provide useful insights into the nature and impact of the transformation and its impact on the socio-economic and politico-security situation in Africa.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Since 1960
• Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
• Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-

Note

• "The state of Africa series project ... first and second volumes of the series were published in 2004 and 2008 ..."--P. xv.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : conceptual and issue areas in context / Korwa G. Adar, Monica K. Juma, Katabaro N. Miti -- -- Managing diversity and competitive politics / Khabele Matlosa -- The African post-colonial/post-adjustment state and the social contract / Petrus de Kock -- Indigenous organisations, social movements and the Nigerian state / Raphael Ogom -- Human security in Africa / Remi Aiyede -- Politics and governance in Africa / John Akokpari -- Pan-African governance architecture / Ufo Uzodike -- African renaissance, African conflicts and the regional security complex / Ben Okolo -- Intra-African trade and economic development / Oluyele Akinkugbe -- Market reforms and socio-economic development in Africa / Said Adejumobi, Gonzaque Rosalie -- African in emerging international forums / Gilbert Khadiagala -- Africa and its traditional Western partners / Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo -- Africa and the emerging global south / Osita Agbu -- Women and gender : beyond the rituals of empowerment / Irene Omololo Adadevoh -- The state of space science in Africa / Nceba Mhlahlo -- Conclusion : confronting Africa's developmental challenges / Katabaro N. Miti, Monica K. Juma, Korwa G. Adar.

ISBN

• 0798302402
• 9780798302401

OCLC

• 688585780
• SCSB-12253272

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library