LEADER 05411nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910457479203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-22736-3 010 $a9956-717-68-1 010 $a9786613227362 010 $a9956-717-10-X 010 $a9956-717-31-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051318 035 $a(EBL)1135145 035 $a(OCoLC)830165841 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647216 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11398749 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647216 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593211 035 $a(PQKB)10795202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135145 035 $a(OCoLC)759158884 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22084 035 $a(PPN)187347336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322736 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051318 100 $a20110928d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of neoliberal reforms in Africa$b[electronic resource] $estate and civil society in Cameroon /$fPiet Konings 210 $aBamenda, Cameroon $cLangaa Research & Pub. Common Initiative Group$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (348 p.) 225 0 $aLangaa & African studies centre 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-717-41-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Map of the Republic of Cameroon; 1. Contesting neoliberal reforms in Africa; Introduction; The impact of neoliberalism on Africa; State and civil society opposition; Organisation of the book; Notes; 2. The introduction of neoliberal economic and political reforms in the Cameroonian post-colonial state; Introduction; The nature of the post-colonial state in Cameroon; The post-colonial state and structural adjustment; The post-colonial state and democratisation; Conclusion 327 $a3. Opposition and social-democratic change in Cameroon: The Social Democratic Front Introduction; The birth and growth of the SDF; The Anglophone-Francophone divide within the SDF; The regime's repressive and divisive tactics and its international support; The SDF in disarray; Conclusion; Notes; 4. The neoliberalising Cameroonian state and private capital accumulation; Introduction; The post-colonial state and capital accumulation; Privatisation and capital concentration; Globalisation and new forms of domestic private capital accumulation; Conclusion; Notes 327 $a5. Political liberalisation and Anglophone secessionist movements in Cameroon Introduction; The Anglophone problem; The Anglophone movements' struggle for secession; The SCNC leadership's pursuit of international recognition for its secessionist claims; The Anglophone leadership's sensitisation and mobilisation campaign; Prospects for Anglophone secessionist claims; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Good governance, privatisation and ethno-regional conflict in Cameroon; Introduction; Governance and privatisation in Cameroon; Privatisation of the CDC and ethno-regional opposition 327 $aEthno-regional protest actions against CDC privatisation Conclusion; Notes; 7. Good governance and border conflicts in Africa: The Bakassi dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria; Introduction; The development of the Bakassi dispute; The implications of the 2002 ICJ ruling and the 2006 Greentree Agreement; Regional resistance to the 2002 ICJ verdict and the 2006 Greentree Agreement; Conclusion; Notes; 8. China and Africa in the era of neoliberal globalisation with Cameroon as a case study; Introduction; The impact of renewed Chinese interest in Africa 327 $aAfrica's response to China's new engagement with their continen tChina-Cameroon relations; Chinese investment in Cameroon; Trade relations between Cameroon and China; Chinese aid to Cameroon; Conclusion; Notes; 9. Political liberalisation and the violent university students' revolt in Cameroon; Introduction; Political liberalisation and student organisation along ethno-regional lines; Political liberalisation and student revolt, 1990-96; Conclusion; Notes; 10. Solving transportation problems in African cities during neoliberal reforms: Innovative responses by the youth in Douala, Cameroon 327 $aIntroduction 330 $aNeoliberalism 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 precondition for the receipt of development aid. What is particularly striking in Africa, however, is that neoliberal experiments there have displayed such remarkable diversity. This may be due not only to substantial differences in historical, economic and political trajectories on the African continent but 606 $aNeoliberalism$zCameroon 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNeoliberalism 676 $a300 700 $aKonings$b Piet$0301034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457479203321 996 $aThe politics of neoliberal reforms in Africa$92296595 997 $aUNINA