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First published in 1998, This book is written by seasoned scholars
of African Studies and it intended to make a significant
contribution to the debate on democracy and democratization in the
continent. It contains a rich mixture of analytical ideas and views
on the transition to accountable, participatory, and democratic
governance structures in Africa. It provides both students of
African political economy and policymakers in the continent and
in-depth analysis of the post-independence experience of African
countries with institutional reforms. Specifically, it looks at the
struggles of Africans, since independence, to provide themselves
with more appropriate and viable governance structures and economic
systems that enhance the ability to entrepreneurs to create wealth.
The Book breaks new ground in that it places significant emphasis
on the reconstruction of the neo-colonial state as an important
first step to a successful transition to democratic and more
accountable governance structures.
This title was first published in 2001. Written by an outstanding
international group of researchers focusing on ethnic conflict,
this refreshing analysis provides practical and effective policy
options for the people of the Third World.
This title was first published in 2001. Written by an outstanding
international group of researchers focusing on ethnic conflict,
this refreshing analysis provides practical and effective policy
options for the people of the Third World.
First published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned public
choice scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution
to the debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development
in developing countries. The book contains a rich mixture of
analytical ideas and views on collective choice and macroeconomic
performance in developing countries. This book breaks new ground in
that it is the first comprehensive application of the theory of
public choice to collective decision making in developing
societies. It provides both students of Third World studies and
policy makers in developing societies an in-depth analysis for
institutions for collective choice. For countries undergoing major
reform of their political and economic institutions, public choice
theory can provide significant and useful insights, and help these
societies design and adopt institutional arrangements that enhance
peaceful coexistence of groups, the creation of wealth and
sustainable development. Specifically, the book successfully shows
that: (1) the application of economic theory to the study of public
policy in the developing countries can provide important insights
into collective decision-making; (2) the application of public
choice theory to the study of developing societies can
significantly improve the efficiency of bureaucratic and
governmental systems, and consequently, promote economic, political
and social development; and (3) public choice can help developing
societies design and sustain effective laws and institutions for
peaceful coexistence of groups and achieve sustainable development.
First published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned African
scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution to the
debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in the
continent. The book contains a very refreshing, rigorous,
informative and multidisciplinary analysis of the transition in
Africa and provides practical and effective policy options for
Africans. It breaks new ground in that it emphasizes the importance
of institutions to economic growth and development in Africa. As
such, it differs significantly from previous efforts which have
tended to blame Africa's underdevelopment on incompetent,
ill-informed and poorly educated leadership. While agreeing that
the shortage of competent and skilled technocrats has been a
significant problem for many African countries during the last four
decades, the contributors argue that the most critical determinant
of poverty and deprivation in the continent has been the absence of
institutional arrangements that enhance the creation of wealth and
allow ethnic and other social cleavages to live together
peacefully. Thus, as Africans prepare their societies for the new
century, the first line of business should be state reconstruction
- a task that was supposed to have been undertaken shortly after
independence but was never accomplished. The main purpose of such
an exercise is for each African country to design and adopt
institutional arrangements that enhance peaceful coexistence of
groups, the creation of wealth, and sustainable development.
First published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned public
choice scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution
to the debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development
in developing countries. The book contains a rich mixture of
analytical ideas and views on collective choice and macroeconomic
performance in developing countries. This book breaks new ground in
that it is the first comprehensive application of the theory of
public choice to collective decision making in developing
societies. It provides both students of Third World studies and
policy makers in developing societies an in-depth analysis for
institutions for collective choice. For countries undergoing major
reform of their political and economic institutions, public choice
theory can provide significant and useful insights, and help these
societies design and adopt institutional arrangements that enhance
peaceful coexistence of groups, the creation of wealth and
sustainable development. Specifically, the book successfully shows
that: (1) the application of economic theory to the study of public
policy in the developing countries can provide important insights
into collective decision-making; (2) the application of public
choice theory to the study of developing societies can
significantly improve the efficiency of bureaucratic and
governmental systems, and consequently, promote economic, political
and social development; and (3) public choice can help developing
societies design and sustain effective laws and institutions for
peaceful coexistence of groups and achieve sustainable development.
First published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned African
scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution to the
debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in the
continent. The book contains a very refreshing, rigorous,
informative and multidisciplinary analysis of the transition in
Africa and provides practical and effective policy options for
Africans. It breaks new ground in that it emphasizes the importance
of institutions to economic growth and development in Africa. As
such, it differs significantly from previous efforts which have
tended to blame Africa's underdevelopment on incompetent,
ill-informed and poorly educated leadership. While agreeing that
the shortage of competent and skilled technocrats has been a
significant problem for many African countries during the last four
decades, the contributors argue that the most critical determinant
of poverty and deprivation in the continent has been the absence of
institutional arrangements that enhance the creation of wealth and
allow ethnic and other social cleavages to live together
peacefully. Thus, as Africans prepare their societies for the new
century, the first line of business should be state reconstruction
- a task that was supposed to have been undertaken shortly after
independence but was never accomplished. The main purpose of such
an exercise is for each African country to design and adopt
institutional arrangements that enhance peaceful coexistence of
groups, the creation of wealth, and sustainable development.
First published in 1998, This book is written by seasoned scholars
of African Studies and it intended to make a significant
contribution to the debate on democracy and democratization in the
continent. It contains a rich mixture of analytical ideas and views
on the transition to accountable, participatory, and democratic
governance structures in Africa. It provides both students of
African political economy and policymakers in the continent and
in-depth analysis of the post-independence experience of African
countries with institutional reforms. Specifically, it looks at the
struggles of Africans, since independence, to provide themselves
with more appropriate and viable governance structures and economic
systems that enhance the ability to entrepreneurs to create wealth.
The Book breaks new ground in that it places significant emphasis
on the reconstruction of the neo-colonial state as an important
first step to a successful transition to democratic and more
accountable governance structures.
The end of the Cold War, the cessation of superpower rivalry,
and the demise of apartheid in South Africa have offered Africans
another opportunity to engage in effective institutional reform and
state reconstruction. This book emphasizes the importance of
institutions to economic growth and development and, using public
choice theory, provides guidelines that can be used to initiate and
implement an effective people-driven institutional reform program
on the continent.
U.S.-Africa Relations: From Clinton to Obama is an examination and
analysis of U.S.-Africa relations during the Clinton, George W.
Bush, and Obama administrations. It covers the entire continent
with an inclusion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Uganda, and
Rwanda. Some of the issues addressed in the analysis include the
militarization of Africa within the context of the war on terror
and the creation of the Africa Command; the Arab Spring and
questions concerning the U.S. role in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya;
the Great Lakes region and the role or lack thereof of the United
States, beginning with a discussion of U.S. support for various
leaders from Mobutu (DRC) to Kabila (DRC) to Kagame (Rwanda), and
Museveni (Uganda) who did and do not act in accordance with the
U.S. policy of encouraging democracy. The role of Africans in
U.S.-Africa relations is examined in the book. For example, many
African leaders expressed their disapproval of the creation of the
Africa Command, and African leaders refused to have it housed on
their soil. The book discusses how African leaders and Africans can
work with the United States to encourage economic development by
establishing and upholding the rule of law, respecting human
rights, and creating and maintaining transparency in the government
and business activities. The role of African-descended people in
U.S.-Africa relations is also addressed in terms of African
American celebrities, scholars, and businesspeople. In sum, it
appears on the surface that the United States has become more
involved in African affairs due to new post-Cold War realities-it
is the only remaining superpower; the war on terror extends to
Africa; more Africans have migrated to the United States; and trade
relations have deepened due to the Africa Growth and Opportunity
Act and the need to import oil and gas from various African
countries. At the same time, the U.S. policy has not veered far
from national security interests and the promotion of democracy
regardless of who is in the White House.
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.
U.S. Africa Relations: From Clinton to Obama is an examination and
analysis of U.S. Africa relations during the Clinton, George W.
Bush, and Obama administrations. It covers the entire continent
with an inclusion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Uganda, and
Rwanda. Some of the issues addressed in the analysis include the
militarization of Africa within the context of the war on terror
and the creation of the Africa Command; the Arab Spring and
questions concerning the U.S. role in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya;
the Great Lakes region and the role or lack thereof of the United
States, beginning with a discussion of U.S. support for various
leaders from Mobutu (DRC) to Kabila (DRC) to Kagame (Rwanda), and
Museveni (Uganda) who did and do not act in accordance with the
U.S. policy of encouraging democracy. The role of Africans in U.S.
Africa relations is examined in the book. For example, many African
leaders expressed their disapproval of the creation of the Africa
Command, and African leaders refused to have it housed on their
soil. The book discusses how African leaders and Africans can work
with the United States to encourage economic development by
establishing and upholding the rule of law, respecting human
rights, and creating and maintaining transparency in the government
and business activities. The role of African-descended people in
U.S. Africa relations is also addressed in terms of African
American celebrities, scholars, and businesspeople. In sum, it
appears on the surface that the United States has become more
involved in African affairs due to new post Cold War realities it
is the only remaining superpower; the war on terror extends to
Africa; more Africans have migrated to the United States; and trade
relations have deepened due to the Africa Growth and Opportunity
Act and the need to import oil and gas from various African
countries. At the same time, the U.S. policy has not veered far
from national security interests and the promotion of democracy
regardless of who is in the White House."
Corruption in Africa makes a significant contribution to the study
of the impacts and eradication of corruption in African societies.
John Mukum Mbaku offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes of
public malfeasance in African countries and provides a number of
practical and effective policy options for change. This book
demonstrates the destructive relationship between corruption and
the abrogation of economic freedoms and entrepreneurship, a system
that has clearly left Africa as one of the most deprived regions in
the world. Utilizing the tools of public choice theory, Mbaku
emphasizes the important role that institutions have in corruption
control and he recommends reconstructive democratic constitutions
as the most effective means of development. Until African states
provide their people with institutional arrangements that
adequately constrain the state and enhance wealth production, the
living standards in the continent will continue to deteriorate.
Corruption in Africa is a fascinating and informative text that
will appeal to those interested in African studies and
developmental policies.
Corruption in Africa makes a significant contribution to the study
of the impacts and eradication of corruption in African societies.
John Mukum Mbaku offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes of
public malfeasance in African countries and provides a number of
practical and effective policy options for change. This book
demonstrates the destructive relationship between corruption and
the abrogation of economic freedoms and entrepreneurship, a system
that has clearly left Africa as one of the most deprived regions in
the world. Utilizing the tools of public choice theory, Mbaku
emphasizes the important role that institutions have in corruption
control and he recommends reconstructive democratic constitutions
as the most effective means of development. Until African states
provide their people with institutional arrangements that
adequately constrain the state and enhance wealth production, the
living standards in the continent will continue to deteriorate.
Corruption in Africa is a fascinating and informative text that
will appeal to those interested in African studies and
developmental policies.
Cameroon, in Central Africa, has been called "Africa in miniature."
It is characterized by exceptional social and ethnic diversity,
with more than 250 ethnicities now forming five major
regional-culture groupings. This volume is the first to encapsulate
Cameroon's rich indigenous and modern customs and traditions in
depth. The narrative emphasizes those aspects that define its
modern nation, its peoples, the unique societies, their
institutions, and various lifestyles. The origins of Cameroon's
diverse culture are traced back to the various ethnic groups and
languages as well as the influence of European colonialism,
Christianity, Islam, and other external factors, including
globalization. In each topical chapter, examples from ethnic groups
are presented to give some sense of the variety of experiences.
Cameroon has had a turbulent and eventful modern history with
German, English, and French incursions, and students and general
readers will be able to understand the current struggle for
democracy post independence. The history colors the substantial
coverage of the many topics examined, from education, to marriage
and women's roles, sports, and holidays, daily life, the arts, and
much more. This volume will stand as the definitive, accessible
introduction to Cameroon and will be essential for building a
well-rounded Africa collection.
Mbaku, Saxena, and their contributors examine the problems faced by
Africa as it decides what to do to improve its ability to
contribute to and benefit from the new globalization. Today, the
continent stands at a crossroads; it must choose between joining
the new global society and pursuing a process of internal
self-reliance. The dilemma the continent faces is how to
participate in and benefit from the new global economy as well as
retain and also benefit from its emerging regional economic and
political schemes. The book is written by a group of highly skilled
and committed Africanists and is intended to make a significant
contribution to the debate on poverty alleviation in Africa as well
as on improving Africa's ability to participate in and benefit from
the new globalization and how to achieve the type of peaceful
coexistence in Africa that will enhance economic growth and
development. It contains a refreshing, vigorous, and informative
analysis of poverty alleviation strategies in the continent, how to
achieve lasting peace and enhance the peaceful co-existence of
population groups, and how to improve the continent's ability to
participate more effectively in the new globalization. It
emphasizes the importance of good policies and laws and
institutions not only to peaceful coexistence, but also to
sustainable poverty alleviation strategies. As Africans prepare
themselves and their societies for the new globalization, it is
critical that they provide themselves with governance structures
that are locally-focused, and that enhance peace and sustainable
development.
Africa is currently experiencing sociopolitical and economic
changes of unprecedented proportions. New leaders, institutions,
discourses, and methods of political organization and action are
shaping a new future. Through a case-study approach, this essay
collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the history,
trajectory, actors, institutions, contradictions, failures, and
opportunities in contemporary efforts at democratization in Africa.
While presenting the dynamics of democracy and democratization in
several African countries, they also look at critical issues in
Africa's transition projects from political parties and elections
through constitutions and constitutionalism to new structures of
power and politics. A provocative analysis for scholars, students,
researchers, and policy makers involved with African political and
economic development.
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