The History And Government Of Sub Saharan Africa

Author : J. M. Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 1713716593

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The History and Government of Sub-Saharan Africa by J. M. Klein Pdf

"All of human history begins in Sub-Saharan Africa, where scientists believe the first humans lived. Over time, thousands of ethnic groups inhabited the area, creating villages, cities, unique cultures, and governments. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Sub-Saharan Africa over its long and varied history. How did the transatlantic slave trade affect the region? How did colonialism change the existing governments there? Readers will travel to Sub-Saharan Africa through primary sources, informative text, fact-filled sidebars, and . . . photographs to find the answers"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Robert O. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040615182

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Problems in the History of Modern Africa by Robert O. Collins Pdf

A presentation of important issues in the study of modern Africa. It addresses: decolonization and the end of Empire; democracy and the nation state; epidemics in Africa - the human and financial costs; development - failure or success; the African environment - origins of a crisis; and more.

Author : Roel van der Veen
Publisher : Kit Pub
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060116822

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What Went Wrong with Africa by Roel van der Veen Pdf

The last fifty years have seen unprecedented changes in people s standards of living all over the world. Despite explosive population growth, it has proved possible to dramatically elevate the quality of life. On average people s lives have improved, all over the world, on every continent. Except Africa. Africa is the only large, contiguous region left out of the worldwide rise in prosperity. Why is that? Why has Africa failed to develop? Roel van der Veen (the Netherlands, 1957) is a historian by training. He deals with sub-Saharan Africa in his daily work. In "What went wrong with Africa" he describes the recent history of the continent and explores the causes of its widespread poverty, the AIDS epidemic and the misrule, corruption and disintegration afflicting so many African states."

Author : Robert A. Dibie
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761820949

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The Politics and Policies of Sub-Saharan Africa by Robert A. Dibie Pdf

This book attempts to correct the impression created by Western media that Sub-Saharan Africa is in a state of anarchy. The text analyzes and shows that while many Sub-Saharan African nations are experiencing the worst time of their history, others are enjoying their best times. Thus, the text argues that although some parts of Africa are experiencing crisis, the continent is also a fine region of major new experiments in governance, peace building and free market transformation programs. Finally, the text focuses some of its analyses on the colonial legacy, economic and ethnic transformation, indigenous institutions and other forces that seem to influence the governance of Sub-Saharan African nations.

Author : Darin Christensen,David D. Laitin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780300226614

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African States Since Independence by Darin Christensen,David D. Laitin Pdf

Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub-Saharan states' post-independence struggles to eradicate poverty, establish democratic accountability, and quell civil unrest. They set out the founding fathers' challenges in transforming their postcolonial states, many of which are ethnically diverse, geographically diffuse, sparsely populated, and lacking in administrative capacity. With the legacies of the slave trade, partition, Christian missionaries, and extractive colonial institutions complicating their efforts, many African states faced stagnation, authoritarianism, and civil strife. Recent years have seen promising attempts to restore democracy to states under authoritarian rule and to liberalize their economies, suggesting that the region is moving toward a new era. Relying on the best statistical data and richly illustrated with case material, this book is an indispensable source for scholars and policy analysts seeking to understand Africa's post-independence political trajectories.

Author : Lawrence H. Summers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : UCAL:B3910627

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The Challenge of Development by Lawrence H. Summers Pdf

Author : Catherine Scott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786732101

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State Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa by Catherine Scott Pdf

How should failed states in Africa be understood? Catherine Scott here critically engages with the concept of state failure and provides an historical reinterpretation. She shows that, although the concept emerged in the context of the post-Cold War new world order, the phenomenon has been attendant throughout (and even before) the development of the Westphalian state system. Contemporary failed states, however, differ from their historical counterparts in one fundamental respect: they fail within their existing borders and continue to be recognised as something that they are not. This peculiarity derives from international norms instituted in the era of decolonisation, which resulted in the inviolability of state borders and the supposed universality of statehood. Scott argues that contemporary failed states are, in fact, failed post-colonies. Thus understood, state failure is less the failure of existing states and more the failed rooting and institutionalisation of imported and reified models of Western statehood. Drawing on insights from the histories of Uganda and Burundi, from pre-colonial polity formation to the present day, she explores why and how there have been failures to create effective and legitimate national states within the bounds of inherited colonial jurisdictions on much of the African continent.

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351550475

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Routledge Handbook of African Politics by Nic Cheeseman Pdf

Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa?s politics today. Structured into 6 broad areas, the handbook features over 30 contributions focused around:The State Identity Conflict Democracy and Electoral Politics Political Economy & Development International Relations Each chapter deals with a specific topic, providing an overview of the main arguments and theories and explaining the empirical evidence that they are based on, drawing on high-profile cases such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The Handbook also contains new contributions on a wide range of topical issues, including terrorism, the growing influence of China, civil war, and transitional justice, making it required reading for non-specialists and experts alike. Featuring both established scholars and emerging researchers, this is a vital resource for all students of African Studies, democratization, conflict resolution and Third World politics.

Author : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096527197

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WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. (PRODUCT ID 23958336). by CAITLIN. FINLAYSON Pdf

Author : Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107041158

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Africa's Development in Historical Perspective by Emmanuel Akyeampong,Robert H. Bates,Nathan Nunn,James Robinson Pdf

Why has Africa remained persistently poor over its recorded history? Has Africa always been poor? What has been the nature of Africa's poverty and how do we explain its origins? This volume takes a necessary interdisciplinary approach to these questions by bringing together perspectives from archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, political science, and economics. Several contributors note that Africa's development was at par with many areas of Europe in the first millennium of the Common Era. Why Africa fell behind is a key theme in this volume, with insights that should inform Africa's developmental strategies.

Author : L. H. Gann,Peter Duignan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : 0521078598

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Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960: Volume 5, A Bibliographic Guide to Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa by L. H. Gann,Peter Duignan Pdf

A comprehensive study of recent African history, examining the political, social, and economic effects of colonialism.

Author : John W Harbeson,Donald Rothchild
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070489021

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Africa In World Politics by John W Harbeson,Donald Rothchild Pdf

Exploring Africa's changing status in international relations, this book addresses the region's colonial heritage as well as the historical, economic, and cultural factors that have shaped the continent's current standing in world affairs. The contributors also analyze some of the most intense conflicts and examine the evolution of relations with other regions and powers. In this greatly revised second edition the focus on Russia's role in Africa has been significantly reduced, and francophone Africa and regional organizations are now covered. Important new issues such as democratization, conflict resolution, territorial concerns, and humanitarian intervention are discussed in depth. The result is a thought-provoking and up-to-date text written by leading scholars in their fields.

Author : Abdulahi A. Osman
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822034575837

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Governance and Internal Wars in Sub-Saharan Africa by Abdulahi A. Osman Pdf

The 1990s have brought unprecedented violence, economic decline and suffering for many African countries. Much of the optimism that greeted the independence decade of the 1960s, when Africa was called the "continent of the future" has turned into failure and disappointment. The increase in these conflicts has been blamed on several variables, including colonialism, ethnic diversity, end of the Cold War and economic decline. While many African countries have managed to maintain a modicum of peace, stability and growth, some have clearly failed woefully in this regard. This raises a very fundamental question: How and why did some countries manage to avert internal wars while others did not? The book measures and provides rich details of governance from contextual, structural and policy perspectives. It systematically and uniformly compares two categories of countries: those that experienced internal war and those that did not.

Author : Achille Mbembe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015051559501

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On Private Indirect Government by Achille Mbembe Pdf

Two hypothesis form the basis of this study. First, that development in African countries follows many models, on many time-scales; and secondly that private indirect government is taking the place of the state in controlling individual conduct. The author concludes that a new form of the organisation of power is emerging based on the control of the means of coercion - in effect, privatisation of public violence.

Author : Iris Berger,E. Frances White
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253213096

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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Iris Berger,E. Frances White Pdf

"These four volumes in this major series . . . provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded. . . . A basic set for all academic libraries." —Library Journal Academic Newswire Berger and White focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, tracing women's history from earliest times to the present. By exploring their place in social, economic, political, and religious life, the authors highlight the changing societal position of women through shifts over time in ideas about gender and the connections between women's public and private spheres.