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Development Naivety and Emergent Insecurities in a Monopolised World : the Politics and Sociology of Development in Contempora.
It is common knowledge that development without security is like a runaway horse. Yet, development in Africa has been plagued by insecurities since the extractive periods of slave trade and colonialism. In spite of political independence and the euphoria of sovereignty as states, Africa has failed t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mankon, Bamenda :
Langaa RPCIG,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Authors' Biography; Contents; Chapter 1
- The (In)securities and Futures of Development in Africa; Introduction; Agency and the quest for human dignity and secure sustainable development; Chapter outline; References; Chapter 2
- Development without the People? What has Always Missed in Development Paradigms "Imposed" on Africa?; Introduction; Development or Maendeleo and Swahili philosophy; Balanced and centralised power as a tool for development; Ubuntu philosophy of Development; Harmful development and environment; Consumerism as a harbinger to development.
- ConclusionAbbreviations; References; Chapter 3
- 'Green Bombers, ' Torture and Terror: Political Security and the Nazi Legacy in Zimbabwe, 2001-2009; Introduction; Conceptualising [in]security; The rise and institutionalisation of the 'Hitler Youth' in Nazi Germany; Instrumentalisation of the Hitler Youth as a Nazi militia in Germany and abroad; Zimbabwe's National Youth Service Training Programme and the emergence of the Green Bombers; The Nazi-style reign of terror by the Green Bombers in Zimbabwe; Tasting their own medicine: Backlash against the Green Bombers; Conclusion; References.
- Chapter 4
- Building Development Bridges and Resilience for Africa's Marginalised Communities: The 'Magics' of Value Chain Approach in Resilience building and Development PragmaticsIntroduction; The operationalisation of value chains in resilience; Why the value-chain approach in resilience building?; Value chains, institutional arrangements, resilience and sustainability; Merging theory with practice: The market for poor approach (M4P) to resilience building; The Value chain selection procedures and implementation framework; Recommendations; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.
- Background and 'getting involved with women participants'Ethical quandaries and 'failed fatherhood'; Insecurities, complexities and relational complications: Returning to Anthropology 'at home'; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7
- Chaos and (In)security in the Nether: Repressive Media Policies in Zimbabwe in the Age of Political Paranoia; Introduction; From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: the political economy of the Media; The Press; Change without change? The end of an error and the beginning of another; The broadcasting media; Chaos in the nether: the development of media policy in Zimbabwe.