Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the multi-dimensional discourses on 'development' / / edited by Nathan Andrews ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.96; 916/.008
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Africa; Progress
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Economic conditions; Africa Social conditions
• Altri autori: AndrewsNathan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART III; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; PART IV; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: From a multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary standpoint, this book challenges the teleological and unidirectional notions of development embodied in the idea of modernisation or 'progress' and offers a critique of the tendency to consider Africa as a basket case, which often gives the Western 'self' an undeserving privilege and superiority over the African 'other'. Mostly authored by emerging African scholars, this 16-chapter volume addresses the historical application of development projec...
• Titolo autorizzato: Africa yesterday, today and tomorrow
• ISBN: 1-4438-4639-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786247203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II