Contemporary Issues in African Society: Historical Analysis and Perspective

ISBN-13: 9783319497716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 265 str.

George Klay Kieh

Opis

This book examines the twin critical processes of state-building and nation-building in Africa and explores the confluence of major domestic and global issues that shape them. In the domestic realm, some of the major issues that are examined in this book include the expansive role of non-governmental organizations amid some African states' abdication of their responsibility to provide "public goods" for their citizens (E.g. health care, education), the growing role and influence of charismatic Pentecostal churches against the backdrop of the poor state of human development, ethnic conflicts in East Africa, the failure of the African Union's peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts in Sudan's Darfur region, and the broader travails of resolving Africa's civil conflicts. In the international sphere, this book discusses Africa's growing relations with the European Union, as evidenced by the extension of their relationship to the security domain.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Framing the African Condition

2. Non-Governmental Organizations and the African State

3. Civil Society in Africa: Interrogating the Role of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa’s Democratization and Development Processes

4. The Military, Militarism and State Integrity in Africa

5. Ethnic Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

6. The African Union and Conflict in Sudan’s Darfur Region

7. Conflict Resolution in Africa.- 8. Africa and the European Union

9. Toward Addressing the African Condition: The Lessons

O autorze

George Klay Kieh, Jr. is Professor of Political Science at the University of West Georgia, USA.

Blurb

This book examines the twin critical processes of state-building and nation-building in Africa and the confluence of major domestic and global issues that shape them. The book covers topics such as the expansive role of non-governmental organizations, the growing influence of charismatic Pentecostalism, ethnic conflicts in East Africa, the failure of the African Union’s peacekeeping efforts in Sudan’s Darfur region, and Africa's expanding relations with the European Union. It combines discussion of these frontier issues shaping contemporary African society with analysis from leading policy experts.