Africa in the twenty-first century : the promise of development and democratization /: the promise of development and democratization. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gashawbeza Bekele, Adebayo Oyebade.
• Editors: Bekele, Gashawbeza; Oyebade, Adebayo
• Contents: Part 1: Governance, Democracy, And Development ; ; Chapter 1: African Development and Democratization Trajectories by Gashawbeza W. Bekele and Adebayo Oyebade ; ; Chapter 2: The Political Ecology of Sustainable Development in Africa by Tadesse Kidane-Mariam ; ; Chapter 3: Revisiting the Promise of Democracy and Development in Africa by Phillip E. Agbebaku, William E. Odion, and Mohammed Itakpe ; ; Chapter 4: Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Localizing the Development Agenda in Nigeria by Funmi Adewumi ; ; Chapter 5: Fallacy of Development in Africa by Sunday Layi Oladipupo ; ; Chapter 6: Political Economy of Postcolonial Rail Transportation Development, Management, and Privatization in Africa South of the Sahara by Tokunbo A. Ayoola ; ; Part 2: Democratization, Democratic Institutions, and Uneven Regional Development ; ; Chapter 7: The Legislature and Tenure Elongation in African Presidential Democracies by Joseph Yinka Fashagba and Rotimi Ajayi ; ; Chapter 8: The African Diaspora and the Quest for Democracy in Africa: Revisiting the June 12 1993 Presidential Election in Nigeria by Udida A. Undiyaundeye ; ; Chapter 9: Bill of Rights for Africa: Uneven Regional Development and Indigenous Peoples Protests by R.T. Akinyele ; ; Part 3: Gender Relations, Healthcare, and Development ; ; Chapter 10: Vanishing or Emerging Voices? Nigerian Women and Political Participation by Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia ; ; Chapter 11: Women, Conflict, and Nigeria’s Sustainable Development Agenda by Adaora Osondu-Oti ; ; Chapter 12: Gabon’s Giant Step in Healthcare by Biale Zua
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.096; History: Africa / General; Social Science: Women's Studies; Africa -- Social conditions; Africa -- Economic conditions; Africa -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498564526
• Related ISBNs: 9781498564519
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