Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa

✍ Scribed by Bessie House-Soremekun, Toyin Falola

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 488
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of sustainable development. This volume answers that need. The essays here contribute to the store of knowledge about globalization in sub-Saharan Africa by documenting the affect of this global force on the continent's growth-economic, political, and cultural. This interdisciplinary collection provides comprehensive analyses-at the international, national, and local levels-of the theoretical issues revolving around the complex process of globalization, while offering detailed examinations of new models of economic development that can be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance economic growth, self-sufficiency, and sustainable development. These models are accessible to politicians, public policy analysts, scholars, students, international organizations, nongovernmental actors, and members of the public at large. Finally, the essays here provide insightful case studies of African countries that already demonstrate creative, indigenous-based models of entrepreneurship and discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development and economic independence at the grassroots level. Contributors represent the disciplines of law, history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, business and management, African studies and art history, criminal justice, and education.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
......Page 8
PREFACE
......Page 10
ABBREVIATIONS
......Page 18
INTRODUCTION
......Page 20
Part One: Globalization and Development......Page 38
1 The Trouble with Globalization......Page 40
2 Can Africa Compete in a Global Economy?......Page 62
3 A Two-Track Strategy for Viable Development in Africa......Page 88
4 Solutions to Africa’s Development Challenges......Page 107
5 Renewable Energy, Migration-Development Model, and Sustainability Entrepreneurship......Page 122
Part Two: Localities, Nations, and Globalization......Page 142
6 Transborder Labor Liberalization and Social Contracts......Page 144
7 Asante Society and the Global Market......Page 168
8 Enterprising Women in Zimbabwe: Confronting Crisis in a Globalizing Era......Page 194
9 Sustainable Strategies in a Postconflict Environment: Fostering Local Entrepreneurship in Côte d’Ivoire......Page 215
Part Three: Industrial and Financial Networking......Page 230
10 Globalization and Monetary Convergence......Page 232
11 The Impact of Globalization on Emerging Markets: The Case of Côte d’Ivoire......Page 252
12 Globalization and Industrial Development in Nigeria......Page 276
13 Interest Rates, Fiscal Policy, and Foreign Private Investment in Nigeria......Page 295
14 Why Nigeria Does Not Work: Obstacles and the Alternative Path to Development......Page 317
Part Four: Insecurity and Conflicts......Page 344
15 The Impact of Globalization on International Security......Page 346
16 Resource Curse, Globalization, and Conflicts......Page 373
17 The Politics of Oil and Development and Visual Metaphors of the Crisis in Nigeria’s Niger Delta......Page 396
18 Islam and the “Global War on Terror” in West Africa......Page 423
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
......Page 440
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 456
INDEX
......Page 464