ISBN:
3319749048
,
9783319749044
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 258 Seiten
,
21 cm x 14.8 cm
Series Statement:
African histories and modernities
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Africa and Globalization
Parallel Title:
Elektronische Reproduktion
Keywords:
Globalization
;
Globalization
;
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
;
Globalization
;
Industries
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE
;
Africa
;
Africa
;
Africa
;
Electronic books
;
General
;
Public Policy
;
Economic integration
;
Economic Policy
;
Globalization
;
Politics and government
;
Electronic books
;
Africa Politics and government
;
Africa Globalization
;
Africa Economic integration
;
Africa Politics and government
;
Africa Globalization
;
Africa Economic integration
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Afrika
;
Globalisierung
;
Afrika
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
Abstract:
1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/ 978-3-319-74905-1
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