Imagining the United States of Africa - Discourses on the Way Forward (Hardcover)

This book frames the debates around the pressing desire for some form of unification that found expression in the pan-Africanist movement and formation of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963 following the advent of home-rule for many former colonies of the Western powers. Discussions in this volume address the following fundamental issues: nationalism and political integration and how the contradictions between both philosophies can be resolved; the amelioration of corruption in order to attract internal and external investments critical for developing the vast natural resources housed in the continent; the need for Africa's adaptation to the ideology and practice of capitalism and liberal globalization to suit the character of African states in a projected federal United States of Africa; solutions to ethnic conflicts that are bound to happen over clashes of competing group interests; the indispensability and promotion of information communication technologies and urgent need to strengthen a network of regional electric power grids that would provide constant energy to the Union and lead to improvement in communication and economic growth; and recommendation of social democracy as the genre of democracy suitable for a proposed United States of Africa.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2015
Editors:	E.Ike Udogu
Contributors:	George Klay Kieh Jr • Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo • John Mukum Mbaku • Kwesi A Tandoh • E.Ike Udogu
Dimensions:	238 x 165 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-0775-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-0775-1
Barcode:	9781498507752

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