Transnational Africa And Globalization

Author : M. Okome
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137011963
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Africa and Globalization written by M. Okome and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization.

Author : Ulf Engel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134315880
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa and the North written by Ulf Engel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining how the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international.

Author : Oluyato Adesina
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443808040
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Transnational Migrations written by Oluyato Adesina and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past three decades have proved extremely challenging for Africa and its peoples, both at home and in the Diaspora. Coincidentally, these were also the decades that globalization reached maturity and that the world became more interconnected and interdependent. The paradox of globalization for Africa has included increase in marginalization, poverty, inequality, migration and instability. This book highlights global asymmetries by interfacing the notion of “one world” or “flat world” with the challenges thrown up by transnational migration, brain drain, citizenship, identity, multiculturalism, religion and ethnicity. It presents researches and discourses on globalization across disciplines and across regions, and fosters ongoing inquiry into important assumptions, beliefs and perspectives about the implications of globalization for Africa and Africans. It covers major areas of concern—movement of refugees, xenophobia, transition from economic migration to citizenship, challenges of integration, and conflict of identity. The authors investigate the experiences of Africans in various economic sectors and geographical locations, and the trends in hegemony, inequality, cultural changes and the dynamics of social movements and struggles. Through illuminating narratives and copious explanations, this book assists readers to make sense of globalization and the position of Africa and Africans in it.

Author : Bessie House-Soremekun
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 1580463924
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa written by Bessie House-Soremekun and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa.

Author : Ulf Engel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134315872
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa and the North written by Ulf Engel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system. This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations. The book provides a solid empirical analysis of key global players in Africa - France, the UK, the US, Japan, Germany, the EU and the UN - and of their policies towards the region. In the context of the 'war against terrorism', African political stability becomes a consideration of increasing importance. By analyzing the relevance of the states in the North, this book challenges conventional wisdom in recent international relations thinking. It applies the concept of an 'international policy community' to bridge the gap between the 'domestic' and the 'international', explaining why Africa retains a role in global politics out of any proportion to its economic weight.

Author : Hansjörg Dilger
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253357098
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa written by Hansjörg Dilger and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent political, social, and economic changes in Africa have provoked radical shifts in the landscape of health and healthcare. Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa captures the multiple dynamics of a globalized world and its impact on medicine, health, and the delivery of healthcare in Africa—and beyond. Essays by an international group of contributors take on intractable problems such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and insufficient access to healthcare, drugs, resources, hospitals, and technologies. The movements of people and resources described here expose the growing challenges of poverty and public health, but they also show how new opportunities have been created for transforming healthcare and promoting care and healing.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0889368546
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnational Social Policies written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relationships between social policy and human development are the subject of much research and theorizing. The literature in this area, however, examines these issues strictly within national contexts. What influence will international agendas such as NAFTA, the World Summit for Social Development, and Habitat II have? Transnational Social Policies specifically addresses the worldwide trend for national policies on human and social development to be increasingly influenced by agendas that are international, or "transnational," in nature. In doing so, the book examines the underlying international developmental, ethical, economic, and political issues shaping national policies in health, education, and employment in the developing world. This book's focus on the "transnational" character of the social policy debate makes it a truly unique and original contribution to the literature. It will appeal to the academic community, worldwide, in international development, public policy and administration, and social work; policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in the field of public (social) policy; and the international community of individuals and organizations working in international social development.

Author : M. Okome
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137012005
Total Pages : 280 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 280 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 : Thomas Callaghy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521806664
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intervention and Transnationalism in Africa written by Thomas Callaghy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between global and local politics in Africa. As well as feeling the impact of globalization, Africa has been increasingly subject to external interventions - political, economic and military. Comprising chapters by area specialists, political scientists and anthropologists, the book analyzes the forms of power, authority and governance which have emerged as international influences have grown. It will be of interest to students of comparative politics, sociology and international relations, as well as African studies.

Author : Assoc Prof Edward Shizha
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472436717
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa in the Age of Globalisation written by Assoc Prof Edward Shizha and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of bold and visionary scholarship that reveals an insightful exposition of re-visioning African development from African perspectives. It provides educators, policy makers, social workers, non-governmental agencies, and development agencies with an interdisciplinary conceptual base that can effectively guide them in planning and implementing programs for socio-economic development in Africa. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on continental trends on various subjects and concerns of paramount importance to globalisation and development in Africa (politics, democracy, education, gender, technology, global relationships and the role of non-governmental organisations). The authors challenge the familiar paradigms in order to show how imperfectly, if at all, assumptions about globalisation and development theories have failed in their depictions and applications to Africa. The scholars in this volume both inform and advocate for a re-visioning of perceptions on Africa and how it navigates global processes.