LEADER 04565nam 22008655 450 001 9910792133703321 005 20200920094950.0 010 $a0-230-24848-9 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230248489 035 $a(CKB)2660000000002416 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001619025 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16349377 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001619025 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14919925 035 $a(PQKB)10278301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000495756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12177462 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000495756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10491206 035 $a(PQKB)11589664 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-24848-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2057936 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000002416 100 $a20151222d2011 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa$b[electronic resource] $ePotential and Limitations of Democracy in Cementing Multiethnic Societies /$fby D. Bigman 205 $a1st ed. 2011. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (XXVI, 325 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-30188-4 311 $a0-230-20528-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Introduction and background ; The black man's burden -- pt. 2, Coping with escalating food insecurity: The threat of climatic changes ; Can Africa feed its people? ; Is Africa doomed to permanent food crises? -- pt. 3, Africa's poverty traps and obstacles to growth: The geographical map and man-made obstacles ; The deomgraphic and social changes and the urbanization of poverty -- pt. 4, Civil conflicts, wars and democracy : will democracy inflame or help to settle civil conflicts?: The roots and long-term effects of Africa's wars and civil conflicts ; The impact of wars and civil conflicts on Africa's growth and poverty ; Will democracy settle or intensify civil conflicts? -- pt. 5, The fourth wave of democratization : will democracy cement the African multiethnic nation state?: The transition of the African countries to democracy ; Can democracy help the African states to cement their multiethnic societies? 330 $aThe book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent. 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aRegional economics 606 $aSpatial economics 606 $aEconomic policy 606 $aIndustrial management?Environmental aspects 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aInternational economics 606 $aDevelopment Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000 606 $aRegional/Spatial Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W49000 606 $aDevelopment Policy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/913020 606 $aSustainability Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515040 606 $aEconomic History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W41000 606 $aInternational Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W33000 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions$y1960- 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic policy 607 $aAfrique subsaharienne$2eclas 607 $aAfrica$2fast 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aRegional economics. 615 0$aSpatial economics. 615 0$aEconomic policy. 615 0$aIndustrial management?Environmental aspects. 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aInternational economics. 615 14$aDevelopment Economics. 615 24$aRegional/Spatial Science. 615 24$aDevelopment Policy. 615 24$aSustainability Management. 615 24$aEconomic History. 615 24$aInternational Economics. 676 $a363.8096 700 $aBigman$b D$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0410582 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792133703321 996 $aPoverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa$93860238 997 $aUNINA