Product Description: Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, some impressive governance reforms are underway in many countries. This includes cases such as Nigeria – formerly the most corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International...read more

This state-of-the-art introduction to contemporary African politics has been carefully designed to provide not only thorough coverage of the full range of core topics, but also an awareness and understanding of key theoretical issues and controversies. Drawing on their extensive teaching and fieldwork experience, Pierre Englebert and Kevin Dunn offer: • A straightforward, accessible style, making even complex ideas easy to understand    • A balanced approach, exposing multiple perspectives on contested issues    • A focus on both states and citizens, politics from above and below    • Discussions of existing policies, as well as policy implications of different approaches    • An abundance of rich data and illustrative examples. The authors also highlight the contributions of African experiences to broader knowledge in the areas of comparative politics and international relations. Their book will serve both as an essential text and as a long-term resource for students and scholars alike.

Product Description: The book brings into sharp focus some of the major political, social, and economic issues that might impede Africa's development project in the 21st century. It debates and suggests ways that policy makers might tackle these issues in order to promote the vision of the continent's transformation in the millennium...read more

Product Description: African Renaissance in the Millennium frames a critical debate for the essential and necessary transformation of Africa in this epoch. E. Ike Udogu highlights how the political, social, and economic development enterprises are to be vigorously pursued in order to advance the continent's renewal...read more

Product Description: This book provides a review of recent development in Africa. It reviews NEPAD and the AU and suggests what must be done for African countries to reverse their growth and security trajectories by asking if any African country will establish the prerequisites for sustained high-level growth...read more

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Product Description: 'The end of Apartheid', 'the decay of the state', the escape of refugees', 'the increasing fatalities from AIDS' - from crisis to catastrophe, Africa has come to be globalized for media consumption, grossly misrepresented and, above all, marginalised...read more