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Author:   Edward Shizha ,  Lamine Diallo ,  Professor Timothy M. Shaw
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781472436696

ISBN 10:   1472436695
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   28 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; I: Social and Institutional Development; 1: Globalisation and Africa; 2: African Development Post-2015; 3: Democracy and Governance in Africa; 4: Globalisation, Sovereign Debt and Adjustment Programmes in Africa; II: Technology and Global Partnerships; 5: The Paradox of Broadband Access in Sub-Saharan Africa; 6: Aspirations for Senegal; 7: Globalisation, NGOs and Multi-Sectoral Relations; 8: China-Japan Rivalry in Africa; III: Gender, Migration and Settlement; 9: Evidence Based Policy-Making in the Age of Globalisation; 10: The Cracks and the Crevices; 11: Gender, Contemporary Realities, and the Challenges of Reconstructing Identities in a Transnational Context; IV: Education and Globalisation In Africa; 12: Demystifying the Misperceptions and Realities about the Efficacy of Monograde and Multigrade Pedagogies; 13: Revitalising Higher Education in the Age of Globalisation; 14: Globalising Education for Globalised Labour Markets

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a This book, anchored by a critical reading of historical and contemporary globalisation, analyses and reiterates the essential conditions for Africaa (TM)s development agenda. Drawing from local, regional and global contexts, the study rightfully reveals the significance of human agency and the institutional prerequisites for social development in a bold and refreshing manner.a (TM) Korbla P. Puplampu, Grant MacEwan University, Canada a Africa in the Age of Globalisation offers a most lucid, insightful and a very interesting account on challenges and possibilities of African development in the context of globalisation. The book should be a good read for all who truly care about African development. The multidisciplinary gaze on African development and the highlights on both the possibilities and limitations of current globalising encounters render this work a fitting place among cutting edge scholarship on Africa. There are significant lessons for readers interested in understanding what current processes of globalisation pose for Africa in terms of the complexities, contentions and contradictions, as well as, hopes and desires of a genuine African-defined and locally-determined development.a (TM) George J. Sefa Dei, University of Toronto, Canada

Author Information

Professor Edward Shizha is a sociologist in education and teaches courses in contemporary studies and youth and children’s studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford in Canada. His academic and research interests are in Africanisation of education in Africa, contemporary educational problems, globalization, post-colonialism, and indigenous knowledges. He has authored, co-authored and co-edited 6 books and has several peer-reviewed journal articles to his credit. Professor Lamine Diallo is a sociologist who is involved in community development research in Canada and Africa. He is a founding member of the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford in Canada. His teaching and research is in the areas of power, organizational leadership governance and democratization with a special focus on Africa. Prof. Diallo has been involved in several international development projects in the African continent including Benin, Senegal, Congo and Guinee.

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