Socio Political Scaffolding And The Construction Of Change

Author : Kelechi Amihe Kalu
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781592216352
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socio-political Scaffolding and the Construction of Change written by Kelechi Amihe Kalu and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and relays a provocative discourse on the ongoing questions, dilemmas and accomplishments emerging from the African continent's most critical struggle today - the quest for stable polities, effective governance and meaningful transition processes. The reader is presented with various realms of the academic imagination and empirical research in a stimulating interrogation that creates a meeting ground between continent-wide theoretical analysis and provocative case studies from various African countries.

Author : Kelechi Amihe Kalu
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socio-political Scaffolding and the Construction of Change written by Kelechi Amihe Kalu and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ayo Olukotun
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319486314
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Communication in Africa written by Ayo Olukotun and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive account of the nature and development of political communication in Africa. In light of the growing number of African states now turning towards democratic rule, as well as the growing utilization of information technologies in Africa, the contributors examine topics such as: the role of social media in politics, strategic political communication, political philosophy and political communication, Habermas in Africa, gender and political communication, image dilemma in Africa, and issues in political communication research in Africa, and identify the frontiers for future research on political communication in Africa.

Author : M. Okome
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137012005
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West African Migrations written by M. Okome and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries.

Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149850776X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagining the United States of Africa written by E. Ike Udogu and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Bala A. Musa
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761853081
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa written by Bala A. Musa and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the interface between human rights and civil society, the media, gender, education, religion, health communication, and political processes, weaving theory, history, policy, and case analyses into a holistic intellectual and cultural critique while offering practical solutions.

Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666900508
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigeria in the Fourth Republic written by E. Ike Udogu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is a bellwether, in an enormous continent, endowed with natural resources and human capital, whose development and greatness have been marred by political instability since gaining home-rule from Britain in 1960. The contemporary political, economic, and social quandaries that have stultified Nigeria’s growth project flows from difficulties in cultivating patriotic leaders with pluck to enact efficacious policies that will catapult the country to greater heights developmentally. Nigeria in the Fourth Republic: Confronting the Contemporary Political, Economic, and Social Dilemmas, edited by E. Ike Udogu, examines some of the vital issues responsible for the current political malaise and recommends strategies for exculpating the country from her current political quagmires. The contributors to this book argue, inter alia, for the avoidance of false starts reminiscent of the military interventions that aborted the democracy project and advocates the enactment of effective policies to supersede decision dictated by politics. This volume proposes national healthcare strategies to address the country’s healthcare needs and for dialogue to extinguish combustible inter-religious conflicts. The book recommends ways to assuage police highway malfeasance and explains why human rights observance is critical to further national cohesion while creating space for the subalterns to have their voices heard in discourses on how to advance peaceful coexistence.

Author : Kelechi A. Kalu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135007381
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United States - Africa Security Relations written by Kelechi A. Kalu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States-Africa relations have experienced four major cycles. The first cycle was during the Cold War(1960-1990). During this period, the U.S. developed a one-sided relationship with various African states in which the latter served as "foot soldiers" for the U.S. in its competition with the Soviet Union for global domination. Among other things, the various client African states provided the U.S. with access to airfields, deep water ports and sites for the establishment of various intelligence gathering facilities. In addition, the U.S. used various groups like UNITA led by Jonas Savimbi in Angola to undermine and fight pro-Soviet regimes on the continent. The second cycle of the relationship covered the period 1991-1998. During this time, the U.S. scaled down its security activities in Africa. The major reason was that with the end of the Cold War Africa(with few exceptions like Egypt) was no longer a major front for the promotion of U.S. Security interests. The third cycle commenced in 1998 and ended in 2001. This period was characterized by the U.S.’ search for an approach to frame its security relations with Africa. In this vein, the U.S. undertook various military-security initiatives . The fourth cycle began after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the American homeland. Since then, the U.S. has expanded the scope of its security relations with Africa, as reflected in the establishment of various initiatives and programs. At the core is the prosecution of the American "war on terror." Against this backdrop, this book examines some of the major dimensions of the U.S.’ security relations with Africa, including American security interests on the continent, the "war on terror," AFRICOM, and military cooperation. Using the book’s integrative theoretical framework, each of the chapters in the volume examines the various factors that shape the issue of focus.

Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761868356
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culpability of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade written by Abdul Karim Bangura and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to the debate over the culpability of the Trans-Atlantic Slave from various disciplinary perspectives. The general thesis that undergirds the book is that by knowing who was predisposed to benefit the most from the trade and why, prompting them to initiate it, appropriate culpability can be assigned.

Author : Kelechi A. Kalu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793649340
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Wars in Africa written by Kelechi A. Kalu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil Wars in Africa, edited by Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr., examines civil conflicts throughout various African countries. They argue that civil wars in Africa are by-products of the contradictions and crises engendered by the post-colonial state-building and nation-building projects in Africa. With few exceptions, the post-colonial states in Africa have failed to build societies that invest in the material well-being of their citizens; protect their political, civil, and other rights; promote accountability, transparency, the rule of law, judicial independence, and the holding of free and fair elections; and promote ethnic pluralism, tolerance, mutual respect, and peaceful co-existence, among others. In addition, the contributors show that the post-colonial states in Africa have been ruled by corrupt and autocratic leaders, who are obsessed with the maintenance of state power as the pathway to ensuring the private accumulation of wealth through sundry illegal means, including bribery, extortion, and theft of public funds. In sum, this volume addresses how the failure of the post-colonial African state to shepherd the process of building democratic societies based on the centrality of human security has led to the erosion of the legitimacy of the state and its custodians. Thus, once the contradictions and crises reached their crescendo, these post-colonial societies than implode into civil wars, even at the micro-level.