Africa Now: People, Policies and Institutions: People, Policies, & Institutions - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0435089897 ISBN 13: 9780435089894

Verlag: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1996

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A lively and readable introduction to contemporary Africa, covering the entire continent. A majority of the contributors are Africans who have held senior positions in government and in international organizations. Rather than presenting narrow case studies, the various chapters attempt to paint a very broad picture of modern Africa while they discuss several examples in sufficient detail to make them memorable. In addition to forward-looking chapters on agricultural and economic change, authors focus on the exuberance of pro-democracy movements; problems of urban poverty; agricultural change at the village level; renewed conflicts over ethnic identity; corruption at the highest levels; population growth outstripping resources; and religious fundamentalism among both Christians and Muslims.

Biografía del autor:

STEPHEN ELLIS is a senior researcher at the African Studies Centre at Leiden. He was formerly Editor of Africa Confidential, a job which enabled him to keep in touch with what was going on under the surface as well as at government level. He has published several books on Africa including, as co-author, Comrades against Apartheid.

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• Verlag: Heinemann Educational Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0435089897
• ISBN 13: 9780435089894
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 315