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The Governance, Security and Development Nexus: Africa Rising

✍ Scribed by Kenneth Omeje

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2021
Tongue
English
Leaves
407
Edition
1st ed.
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This edited book analyses the changing links between governance, security and development in Africa as they relate to the narrative that contemporary Africa has made remarkable progress in recent years, a phenomenon popularly known as “Africa rising.” The book presents a rigorous evaluation of the Africa rising debate and consequently offers innovative policy guidelines for Africa’s governance and development transformation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Exploring the Governance, Security and Development Nexus: Africa Rising? (Kenneth Omeje)....Pages 3-30
Interrogating the Political Economy of Africa Rising: Who Are the “African Tigers”? (Temitope J. Laniran)....Pages 31-56
Front Matter ....Pages 57-57
Africa-EU Relations and the Politics of International Development (Ibrahim Bangura)....Pages 59-75
Africa–US Relations: The Politics of Trade, Investment and Security (Taiwo Owoeye)....Pages 77-96
The Political Economy of Africa’s Relations with China (Asebe Regassa Debelo)....Pages 97-111
Foreign Direct Investments and Africa Rising: A Critical Assessment (Onyukwu E. Onyukwu, Uchenna A. Nnamani)....Pages 113-129
Front Matter ....Pages 131-131
Regional Trade and Security Cooperation: A Case Study of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (Ibrahim Bangura)....Pages 133-150
Trade and Security Cooperation in the SADC Region: Optimising the Developmental Role of Paradiplomacy (Nolubabalo Lulu Magam)....Pages 151-170
Trade and Security Cooperation in the Arab Maghreb Union Region (Hamdy A. Hassan)....Pages 171-191
The Boko Haram Insurgency and Regional Security in the Lake Chad Basin: Understanding the Growth and Development Consequences (Usman A. Tar, Samuel Baba Ayegba)....Pages 193-212
The AU, RECs, and the Politics of Security Regionalism in Africa (Sabastiano Rwengabo)....Pages 213-233
Front Matter ....Pages 235-235
Ethiopia’s Economic Growth in the Context of the Africa Rising Debate (Yohannes Tekalign)....Pages 237-251
The Price of Progress: Economic Growth, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights in Rwanda (Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Hilde Geens)....Pages 253-271
State-Society Relations and State Capacity in Somalia (Abdullahi Mohammed Odowa)....Pages 273-293
Emerging from the Doldrums? Governance and Politics in Eritrea (Redie Bereketeab)....Pages 295-313
The Giant of Africa? Explaining the Nigerian Governance, Security, and Development Paradox (Bashir Bala, Usman A. Tar)....Pages 315-339
The Conflicts in the DRC: Wider Ramifications for the African Great Lakes Region (Joseph Lansana Kormoh)....Pages 341-353
The “Africa Rising” Paradox, Human Trafficking, and Perilous Migration Across the Sahara and the Mediterranean to Europe (Anne Kubai)....Pages 355-370
Front Matter ....Pages 371-371
From the Narrative of “Africa Rising” to “How Africa Can Arise”: The Macro-Economic Imperatives (Temitope J. Laniran, Kenneth Omeje)....Pages 373-397

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; African Politics; Regional Development; Development Policy; Governance and Government

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