The editors present, with reference to Africa, an introductory historical overview of the development of globalisation as an economic and cultural phenomenon, and a condition of the modern world; an understanding of which, must shape and control our understanding of economic and cultural development. The presumption of many of the contributors in their criticisms and suggestions of how to harness globalisation for Africa's benefit, is that globalisation is a 'two-edged sword', and source of 'dynamic disequilibrium', because however you regard it, the least economically developed countries are losing in social and economic terms. Half the book is given to socio-economic/political themes/case studies, for example, globalisation and the competitveness of African enterprise; sustainable development and debt; Zimbabwe 1990-1999; and globalisation of the world economy, and a case study of its implications for the Sudanese import- substitution manufacturing industry. The rest of the the book is concerned with globalisation and environmental, cultural, education and gender issues; for example, globalisation and indigenous environmental knowledge in Ethiopia; the westernisation of the role of women in house construction in Botswana; and linguistic nationalism and the discourse of globalisation.

Globalization, Democracy and Development in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Organisation for Social Science

Ossrea on Cd 2001 (Southern African Political Economy Series)

Reference

OSSREA

Catalogs & Directories

<p>There are three reports in this series, products of national workshops on Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, convened by OSSREA:</p>

National Workshop of Ossrea Reports

Business & Money

Economics

Gender Issues Research Report Series Vols 16-18

Zzzz

Social Sciences

Gender Issues Research Report Series Vols 13-15

The study of the African past from an African perspective, a process contemporaneous with the emergence of the continent from colonial rule, is less than half a century old. Land, Gender and the Periphery brings together essays from historians throughout Eastern and Southern Africa and reflects new directions of research in the region through an interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the study of history as a social science, as well as a branch of the humanities. The study is centered around the following themes: gender in education, migration, national reconciliation, legal status and the production process; land entitlement and development; and centre- periphery relations.

Land, Gender, and the Periphery: Themes in the History of Eastern and Southern Africa

History

Africa

Liquidity Management in Nigeria

Ariyo, Ademola

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