The politics of neoliberal reforms in Africa : state and civil society in Cameroon /
Neoliberalism has become the dominant development agenda in Africa. Faced with a deep economic and political crisis, African governments have been compelled by powerful external agencies, in particular the Bretton Woods institutions and western states, to pursue this agenda as a necessary preconditi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bamenda, Cameroon :
Langaa Research & Pub. Common Initiative Group,
2011.
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Colección: | Langaa & African studies centre.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Contesting Neoliberal Reforms in Africa
- Introduction
- impact of neoliberalism on Africa
- State and civil society opposition
- Organisation of the book
- 2. introduction of neoliberal economic and political reforms in the Cameroonian post-colonial state
- Introduction
- nature of the post-colonial state in Cameroon
- post-colonial state and structural adjustment
- post-colonial state and democratisation
- Conclusion
- 3. Opposition and social-democratic change in Cameroon: The Social Democratic Front
- Introduction
- birth and growth of the SDF
- Anglophone-Francophone divide within the SDF
- regime's repressive and divisive tactics and its international support
- SDF in disarray
- Conclusion
- 4. neoliberalising Cameroonian state and private capital accumulation
- Introduction
- post-colonial state and capital accumulation
- Privatisation and capital concentration
- Globalisation and new forms of domestic private capital accumulation
- Conclusion
- 5. Political liberalisation and Anglophone secessionist movements in Cameroon
- Introduction
- Anglophone problem
- Anglophone movements' struggle for secession
- SCNC leadership's pursuit of international recognition for its secessionist claims
- Anglophone leadership's sensitisation and mobilisation
- Campaign
- Prospects for Anglophone secessionist claims
- Conclusion
- 6. Good governance, privatisation and ethno-regional conflict in Cameroon
- Introduction
- Governance and privatisation in Cameroon
- Privatisation of the CDC and ethno-regional opposition
- Ethno-regional protest actions against CDC privatisation
- Conclusion
- 7. Good governance and border conflicts in Africa: The Bakassi dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria
- Introduction
- development of the Bakassi dispute.