| Imagining the United States of Africa: Discourses on the Way Forward Contributor(s): Udogu, E. Ike (Editor), Kieh, George Klay, Jr. (Contribution by), Lumumba-Kasongo, Tukumbi (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1498507751 ISBN-13: 9781498507752 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $119.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2014044164 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 7.13" W x 9.11" (1.01 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Udogu, Ike E.: - E. Ike Udogu is faculty fellow and professor in the department of government and justice studies at Appalachian State University. A former director of research and publication at the African Studies and Research Forum, he is the author of several books and articles and the recipient of many awards for his scholarship. |