Development Naivety and Emergent Insecurities in a Monopolised World: The Politics and Sociology of Development in Contemporary Africa Contributor(s): Mawere, Munyaradzi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9956550981 ISBN-13: 9789956550982 Publisher: Langaa RPCID OUR PRICE: $50.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Political Science | World - African |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 382 pages |
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Publisher Description: It is common knowledge that development without security is like a runaway horse. Yet, development in Africa has been plagued by insecurities since the extractive periods of slave trade and colonialism. In spite of political independence and the euphoria of sovereignty as states, Africa has failed to address insecurity, which continues to loom large and to threaten aspirations towards truly inclusive and sustainable development. A consequence has been Africa's development naivety vis- -vis the monopolisation of development by the predatory elite actors of the global North and their local facilitators. To salvage the continent from such predation and the insecurities engendered requires novel and innovative imagination and praxis. This book draws from both the haunted landscapes and bitter memories of past exploitations and from the feeding of the insatiable North with African resources and humanity. It brings together essays by a concerned generation of scholars driven by the urgent need for radical decolonisation of African development and its legacies of insecurities. It is handy to students and practitioners in economics, policy studies, political science, development studies, global and African studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mawere, Munyaradzi: - Munyaradzi Mawere is a Professor in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe. He has researched and published extensively on Africa from a social scientific perspective. |