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State of the Continent : A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa /
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Denver, CO :
Spears Media Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface; Chapter 1
- Historical Backdrop; Assessing the Colonial Relationship Between Africa and Europe; Assessing the Claim that Africa Cannot Govern Itself; The Paradox of Poverty in Wealth; Sharing the Blame; Chapter 2
- Understanding Africa from a Comparative Perspective; The Serendipitous Discovery of Africa and the Americas; Shared Colonial Experiences
- Africa and the United States; The Task of Nation Building; Legitimacy and the Task of Nation Building in Africa; Africa's Long Walk with Globalization
- Chapter 3
- Global Challenges the West has Won with the Help of AfricaHelping the West Tame the American Wilderness; Helping the West Overtake China; Helping the West Neutralize and Disintegrate the Ottoman Empire; Helping Europeans Expel Muslims from East Africa; Helping America win the Revolutionary War Against Great Britain; Helping the North Win the American Civil War; Helping with America's Westward Expansion of the United States; Helping America Win Worlds War I & II; Helping America Win the Cold War; Helping America in the Global War Against Terrorism
- Damage Control on a Fumbled Foreign PolicyChina vs. the US in Africa
- Who Has it Right?; Chapter 4
- Pondering Africa's Failures; A Short-lived Colonial Experience; Blind Respect for Colonially Imposed Boundaries; Failed Democratic Experiments; Absence of a Democratic Culture; How Freedom in Africa was Destroyed by the Imposition of European Rule; Africa's Failure to Adopt a Defined Ideology; Failed Economic Experiments; Marketing through Marketing Boards; The Production/Consumption Paradox in Africa; Lack of Vision in African Leadership; Promoting Capitalism without Capital
- The Colonial ParadoxWhy the Winds of Democracy Blew in from the East, Not from the West; The Euphemism of Africa as a Continent of "Developing Nations"; Chapter 5
- Could Africa be Saying No to Modernity?; Identifying the Missing Link; Try Modernizing the Amish; Chapter 6
- Assessing the Performance of Internal Influences; The Quest for Self-Aggrandizement; Africa Presidential Dynasties; Ranking the Priorities of African Leaders; Missing a National Will; The Psychological Mindset of Corruption in Africa; What if Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Ted Turner Were Born in Africa?
- What if Computers and the Internet Were Invented in Africa?Electoral Fraud and the Paradox of Pro-Independence Referendums; A Performance Appraisal of Self-Rule in Africa; How African Leaders Try to Justify their Poor Performance; Could Africa be Ripe for Re-colonization?; Sharing the Blame for Africa's Failure with the Citizens of Africa; What Africa's Driving Culture can Teach us About African Political Culture; The Perception of Politics as a Matter of Life and Death in Africa; Conclusion; Chapter 7
- Assessing the Performance of External Influences; The European Colonial Legacy