Issues dealt with in this study of democracy in Africa, include underdevelopment and economic marginality, ethnic consciousness and the nature of political power in Africa. A true African democracy, Ake argues, is both a second independence and a deep need for self- realisation. The late distinguished scholar outlines, in a sweeping continental survey, how the democratic commitment has transformed Africa's legacy of dictatorship, military regimes and single-party rule. He also demonstrates how cleverly conservative autocrats have spoken the democratic message and subverted its promise. The...
Issues dealt with in this study of democracy in Africa, include underdevelopment and economic marginality, ethnic consciousness and the nature of poli...
Claude Akes study is primarily concerned with what he terms the most perinicious form of imperialism namely scientific knowledge. Ake analyses how Western social sciences, whether consciously or inadvertently, foist capitalist values and capitalist development on the Third World, and serve imperialist ends. He unravels the theory of political development/westernisation, exposing its ideological character and condemning Western development studies as worse than useless. He then develops his analysis of the imperialist and ideological characteristics of Western social sciences to posit...
Claude Akes study is primarily concerned with what he terms the most perinicious form of imperialism namely scientific knowledge. Ake analyses how Wes...