Africa In The Age Of Globalisation: Perceptions, Misperceptions And Realities (the International Political Economy Of New Regionalisms Series)

This is a collection of bold and visionary scholarship that reveals an insightful exposition of re-visioning African development from African perspectives. It provides educators, policy makers, social workers, non-governmental agencies, and development agencies with an interdisciplinary conceptual base that can effectively guide them in planning and implementing programs for socio-economic development in Africa. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on continental trends on various subjects and concerns of paramount importance to globalisation and development in Africa (politics, democracy, education, gender, technology, global relationships and the role of non-governmental organisations). The authors challenge the familiar paradigms in order to show how imperfectly, if at all, assumptions about globalisation and development theories have failed in their depictions and applications to Africa. The scholars in this volume both inform and advocate for a re-visioning of perceptions on Africa and how it navigates global processes. Introduction: Africa In The Age Of Globalisation / Edward Shizha And Lamine Diallo -- Part 1. Social And Institutional Development. Globalisation And Africa: Critical Historical And Deconstructive/reconstructive Epistemic Reflections / Ali A. Abdi -- African Development Post-2015: Sustainable Agency Or Reversion To Dependency? / Timothy M. Shaw -- Democracy And Governance In Africa: Lessons From Senegal / Lamine Diallo -- Globalisation, Sovereign Debt And Adjustment Programmes In Africa: Implications For Creditors, Debtors And Policy Makers In Europe / Gloria T. Emeagwali -- Part 2. Technology And Global Partnerships. The Paradox Of Broadband Access In Sub-saharan Africa / Akbar M. Saeed And Oliver Masakure -- Aspirations For Senegal: Exploring International Ngo Partnerships / Kathryn Mossman -- Globalisation, Ngos And Multi-sectoral Relations: Zimbabwean Experience 1980-2012 / Gilbert Tarugarira -- China-japan Rivalry In Africa / Bertha Z. Osei-hwedei -- Part 3. Gender, Migration And Settlement. Evidence Based Policy-making In The Age Of Globalisation: Measuring The Impact Of Chinese Investments On Women In Sub-saharan Africa / Isioma Ile And Mulugeta F. Dinbabo -- The Cracks And The Crevices: Rwandan Women In The Diaspora Navigating Gender Regimes In Rwanda And Canada / Anna Ainsworth -- Gender, Contemporary Realities, And The Challenges Of Reconstructing Identities In A Transnational Context / Phil Okeke-ihejirika -- Part 4. Education And Globalisation In Africa. Demystifying The Misperceptions And Realities About The Efficacy Of Monograde And Multigrade Pedagogies: Africa's Response To Globalisation In Education / Charles Kivunja And Margaret Sims -- Revitalising Higher Education In The Age Of Globalisation: The African Dilemma / Girmaw Abebe Akalu -- Globalising Education For Globalised Labour Markets: Brain Drain Or Gain For Africa / Edward Shizha. Edited By Edward Shizha And Lamine Diallo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.