Africa Through Structuration Theory - ntu /
Despite all the talk about African renaissance, much of the continent is plagued by poverty and instability. To break out of that cycle, the guardians of African heritage (the old independence freedom fighters turned political leaders and their successors) and much of Afrocentric literature rightly...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified]
Langaa RPCIG,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgement
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Préface
- Chapter 1
- 'African-Centred leadership' and the theory of structuration: a response to Obiakor
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Obiakor and the African-centred education for Africancentred leadership: a review
- Giddens' theory of structuration
- A new perspective for Africa using Giddens' structuration theory
- Conclusion
- Comments to the Author: Reviewer 1
- Reviewer: 2 Comments to the Author
- Chapter 2
- Structure and agency: (an issue of trust?)
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Structure
- Agency
- Trust: the go between
- Crisis of trust?
- Duality of structures
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- Duality of structures: a (not THE) methodology
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Ontology
- Epistemology
- Methodology
- Ethical issues and dilemmas
- Chapter 4
- Double de-contextualisation: a methodological myth or reality?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Defining the term (s) of reference and rational
- When (double) de-contextualisation is most common
- Knowledge and context: between durability and complexity/temporality
- 'Double de-contextualisation': a positioning
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5
- Higher education in the DRC and Sub-Saharan Africa: duality of structures in action
- Abstract
- Introduction
- DRC universities and their problems
- Rethinking current understanding of 'Successful' or 'world-class' universities
- Official expectations of universities/higher education in the DRC
- Analysis
- Proposed framework
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Back cover.