African Development and Global Engagements : Policy, Climate Change, and COVID-19 / Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran

• Autore: Adeniran Adebusuyi Isaac
• Pubblicazione: Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 pages)
• Disciplina: 337.6
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction: Africa and the World -- 1 Contextualizing the Problem in Africa -- Reference -- Policy and Covid-19 Matters -- The National Development Plan (NDP) in South Africa: An Inspiration to Shape Communities by 2030 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concept Elucidation -- 2.1 South African Police Service -- 2.2 Building Safer Communities -- 3 National Development Plan Vision 2030 -- 4 National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) -- 5 National Integrated Crime and Violence Prevention Strategy (2022) -- 6 Methodology -- 7 Theory of Change as Theoretical Framework -- 8 Policy Design Affecting Community Safety -- 9 Crime Prevention and Community Safety -- 10 Selection of SMART Indicators in Building Safer Communities -- 11 Community Policing in Building Safer Communities -- 12 Way Forward -- 13 Conclusion -- 13.1 Proposed Safer Community Model for South Africa -- References -- African Demographic Dividend: Case Study of Nigeria's Age Structure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Demographic Dividend Hypothesis -- 2.1 First Demographic Dividend -- 2.2 Final Demographic Dividend -- 3 Review of Related Literature -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Theoretical Issues and Conceptualisation -- 4.2 Model Specification -- 4.3 The Growth Rate Model -- 4.4 The Population Growth Rate Model -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Population Growth Rate -- 7 Discussion of Findings -- References -- Emergency Healthcare Accessibility in the Context of COVID-19 in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Data Source and Sampling Method -- 2.2 Measures -- 2.3 Data Analysis -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Descriptive Analyses -- 3.2 McNemar Test and Determinants of Access to Health Facilities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Strengths and Limitations -- 6 Conclusion -- References. ; Self-medication Practices in Covid-19 Era: Insights from Caregivers to Under-Five Children in Southwestern Nigeria -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aim of Study -- 3 Research Design -- 3.1 Study Design and Locations -- 4 Study Population -- 5 Sampling Technique -- 6 Data Collection -- 7 Data Analysis -- 8 Understanding of Self-Medication -- 8.1 Re-use of Medicines Based on Someone Else Previous Illness -- 9 The Use of Familiar Drugs -- 10 Use of Medication Without Laboratory Test -- 11 Taking Drugs Without Doctor's Consent -- 12 Use of Medicine for Minor Ailment -- 13 Perception of Under-Five Children by Caregiver -- 14 Discussion of Findings -- 15 Conclusion -- 16 Policy Implications of the Study -- References -- Research and Development -- The Globalisation of Social Environmental Research and the Practices of University Researchers in Africa: Case from Côte d'Ivoire -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Paradigm of the Great Divide Convened by Claude Abe -- 3 Methodological Context of Data Production -- 4 The Mechanics of 'Deconstruction' in Environmental Social Sciences at the University of Korhogo -- 4.1 How Environmental Social Science Research Issues Are Constructed in the Articles -- 4.2 Theory Used in the Interpretation of Analysed Realities -- 5 'Articulation' and Social Environmental Research at the University of Korhogo -- 5.1 The Rationale for the Choice of the Location of the Study in Environmental Social Sciences at the University of Korhogo -- 5.2 Creativity and Innovation in the Field -- 6 'Reappropriation', a Condition of the Ethnological Perspective of the Environmental Social Scientist at the University of Korhogo -- 6.1 Preferred Research Objects -- 6.2 Actors Involved and Level of Interdisciplinarity -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Exploring the Experiences and Benefits of Postgraduate Studies in South Africa: The Research Masters Degree. ; 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Part One -- 1.1.1 Contextualizing a Masters Degree in the Social Sciences -- 2 Research Methodology -- 3 Research Participants -- 4 Limitations of the Study -- 4.1 Part Two -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Decolonization of Knowledge Production in African Societies: Contextual Analysis of Language of Instruction -- 1 Background -- 2 Colonization, Post-Colonial Theory, and Decolonization -- 3 Decolonizing African Education -- 4 Education as Knowledge Creation -- 5 Language and Decolonizing African Education -- 6 Literacy and Language, Cummins (1979) -- 7 Language of Instruction and Educational Quality, Benson (2004) -- 8 Language and National Development, Chumbow (2009) -- 9 Mother Tongue Education, Oluwole (2016) -- 10 Mother Tongue Literacy, Piper et al. (2016) -- 11 Decolonizing African Education and IHRL, Adebisi (2016) -- 12 Research Method -- 13 Research Design -- 14 Search Strategy -- 15 Data Analysis -- 16 Limitations of the Study -- 17 Findings and Discussion of Findings -- 17.1 Review Statistics -- 17.2 Findings in the Literature -- 17.3 Discussion of Findings -- 17.4 Recommendations -- 18 Conclusion -- References -- Leadership in the Management of Higher Education in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 1.1 Leadership in the Nigerian Education Sector -- 1.2 Leadership -- 1.3 Leadership Styles -- 1.4 Students' Affairs -- 1.5 Leadership Style and Students Affairs: The Relationship -- 1.6 Management of Students Affairs in Colleges of Education in Nigeria -- 1.7 Theoretical Framework (Trait Theory) -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Data Analysis and Interpretation -- 4 Discussion of Findings -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Transnationalism, Migration and African Integration -- The Motivations for Return Migration to Somalia: Beyond the Voluntary and Forced Binary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context of Migration and Return in Somalia. ; 3 Conceptualising Return Migration -- 4 Voluntariness in the Management of Returns -- 5 Research Design -- 6 Findings from the Study -- 6.1 Motivations Impacting Return Decisions -- 6.2 "Voluntary Returns" -- 6.3 Compelled Return Due to Family Pressures and Personal Circumstances -- 6.4 Involuntary (Forced) Returns -- 6.5 Re-Migration Plans -- 7 Discussion of Findings -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- AfCTA and African Integration: Prospects and Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pan-Africanism, Regionalism Integration in Africa and the OAU -- 3 Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives -- 4 The Africa Continental Free Trade Area -- 5 Theorising Africa, People and Ideologies -- 6 African People: Africanity and Africanness -- 7 African Identity: Africanity and Africanness -- 8 Afrophobia: Africa's Social Integration Challenge -- 9 Cases of Xenophobia in Africa -- 10 Afrophobia and Some Contending Issues -- 11 Discussion of Findings -- 12 Conclusion -- References -- Transnationalism Revisited: Interrogating Structural Factors Impacting Prospective Migrants' Decision-Making Process in Nigeria -- 1 Background -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Data and Methods -- 3.1 Measurement of Variables and Data Analysis -- 3.2 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- China in Africa: Whose Interest? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Engagement of China in Africa, Balance of Engagements, and the Roles of Institution(s) -- 4.1 Engagement of China in Africa -- 5 Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) -- 6 Role of the African Union (AU) in China-Africa Relations -- 7 Impact/Effect of Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) on China-African Relations -- 8 Extent of Balance of Engagements -- 9 Impact of China's Engagement in Africa-Whose Interest? -- 10 Long-Term Projections of China and Africa Relations -- 10.1 Environmental Impact. ; 11 China's Loan to Africa Countries -- 11.1 Local Producers-Trade Imbalance -- 12 Discussion of Findings -- 13 Conclusion -- References -- Strategic Framework of African Union on the Management of Migration in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Clarification and Theoretical Underpinning of Migration -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Migration Trends and Patterns in Africa -- 5 Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees' Management in Africa -- 6 Management of Labour Movement in Africa and Beyond -- 7 Interrogating the Existing Migration Policies in Africa -- 8 The Interconnectedness Between Migration Policies and Development Planning in Africa -- 9 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Historicising Urhobo Migration, Settlement and Identity in Jos, 1940-1970 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Clarifications -- 2.1 Migration -- 2.2 Settlement Pattern -- 2.3 Identity -- 3 Waves of Urhobo Migrations to Jos: A Historical Survey -- 4 Urhobo Cultural Expressions in Jos, 1940-1970 -- 5 The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Identity Construction and Culture Retention in Jos -- 6 Conclusion -- Climate Change, Conflicts and Environment -- Repowering Local Governance for Sustainability: Climate Change Mitigation of Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Discourse Multidimensionality of Climate Change -- 1.2 Climate Change: Perception and Consequences -- 1.3 Local Governance Narratives of Climate Action -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Analysis of Results and Interpretation -- 4 Results of Data Collected -- 4.1 Effectiveness of Local Governance in Governing Climate Change Mitigation on Healthcare in Nigeria -- 4.2 Challenges Facing Local Governance in Governing Climate Change Mitigation on Healthcare in Nigeria -- 4.3 Discussion of Findings -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Strategies for Mitigating Conflicts, Insecurity and Insurgency in Africa -- 1 Introduction. ; 2 Clarification of Concepts.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book takes a cursory look at the drivers and the directions of Africa's developmental drive as a largely developing continent within the frameworks of the ever-dynamic global space, putting into perspective inherent challenges and opportunities of the 21stCentury, and thereafter. Being the continent with most youthful population, Africa appears to still lack in requisite innovative interventions to transmute such demographic dividend into economic opportunities for the benefits of the larger population. Instead, there has been increasing trend in South-North migrations among both skilled and unskilled Africans across all age groups. Besides, impacts of climate change on the continent have also implied unstructured migratory trend within and beyond the bounds of the continent. Africa has continued to play a feeble role in various United Nations (UN)-enabled 'Conference of Parties' (COP) negotiations, such as the COP-26 in Glasgow, Scotland (2021). The management of recent Covid-19 epidemic across the world has presented a clear pointer to Africa that except development is internally-driven, no one is ready to exogenously drive sustainable good life for others. Ostensible 'vaccine nationalism' that has dotted the production and availability of various Covid-19 vaccine brands, which has ultimately left Africa as the 'begging continent' one more time calls for in-depth interrogation in contextualizing what the place of Africa has been, is and to be within the global interactive mode.
• Titolo autorizzato: African Development and Global Engagements
• ISBN: 9783031212833; 9783031212826
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910720099103321
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