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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963200903321

Titolo

Values and development in Southern Africa / / edited by Hans Müller, Pinkie Mekgwe, Marvellous Mhloyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2013

ISBN

9782869785656

2869785658

9782869785670

2869785674

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Codesria book series

Altri autori (Persone)

MüllerHans

MekgwePinkie

MhloyiMarvellous

Disciplina

337.1

337.16

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries

Africa, Southern History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

section I. Introducing the issues -- section II. Theoretical reflections -- section III. Exploratory empirical investigations.

Sommario/riassunto

Development has been on Africaís agenda for a long time but progress has been both varied and limited, partly due to the diverse levelsof the discussions ont he challenges and the interventions for tackling them. Africaís greatest challenge is the uneven development within and between its countries, and the pressing issues of extreme poverty in southern Africa, and the continent as a whole. Poverty causes its victims to suffer social exclusion and political repression. In addition, societies that experience poverty are also mostly under continuous threat of ecological disasters and diseases. All poor people are therefore plagued by loss of freedom and dignity, and are often unable to participate effectively in the political, economic, legal and social processes of their countries. This book focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of development dynamics and, in particular, the



role of values in shaping development. Values are at the core of the hopes and aspirations of individuals, communities and societies. The book therefore explains the values that motivate and inform African communities and societies, with a view to facilitating a dialogue about sustainable development in Africa among academics, intellectuals, policy and decisionmakers, and the communities. It also investigates the social and cultural dynamics of development in Africa, as a better alternative to earlier studies that blame African culture for poverty and exclude the people of Africa in their definition of developments in the continent. The significance of this book lies in its provision of a theoretical argument, from empirical perspective, on the role of values in the development of Africa; an argument that is capable of facilitating a dialogue about African development, which obviously proves more useful than either the imposition of a technical process or the announcement of a normative framework.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910286450703321

Autore

Román Zavala Alfredo

Titolo

Cinco percepciones de la región Asia Pacífico : los casos de Singapur, Malasia, Indonesia, Australia y Japón / / Alfredo Román Zavala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Colegio de México, 1997

Mexico : , : El Colegio de Mexico, Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

607-628-607-5

968-12-0846-3

Edizione

[Primera edición.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Disciplina

337.509

Soggetti

Economic policy - East Asia

Política económica - Asia Oriental

Politics, Practical - East Asia

Politica y gobierno - Asia Oriental

Electronic books.

Pacífico, Area del Relaciones exteriores Asia

Asia Relaciones exteriores Pacífico, Area del

Pacífico, Area del Relaciones económicas exteriores Asia

Asia Relaciones económicas exteriores Pacífico, Area del

Pacífico, Area del Cooperación

Asia Cooperación

Pacífic (Regió) Relacions exteriors Àsia



Asia Relacions exteriors Pacífic (Regió)

Asia Relacions econòmiques exteriors Pacífic (Regió)

Pacífic (Regió) Relacions econòmiques exteriors Àsia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

El presente estudio se dirige a identificar las percepciones que cinco países del Asia Pacífico guardan para vincularse en la región (Singapur, Malasia, Indonesia, Australia y Japón) y cuyo acercamiento intenta entender razones que han dado origen al desarrollo del diálogo económico y político en su historia reciente. El análisis retrata las propuestas que han impulsado a esos países a construir el tipo de relación regional más cercano a su interés particular y cómo ese mismo interés se ha ido transformando con la formulación de respuestas individuales a poblemas colectivos. Las reflexiones finales de la investigación advierten acerca del surgimeinto de esas percepciones y de las nuevas formas de relacionarse, acaso peligrosamente, en la región del Asia Pacífico, la región menos conflictiva y económicamente más dinámica del mundo.