African Predicaments and the Method of Solving Them Effectively.

Intro -- I Forward -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodological and Theoretical Issues -- 2.1. The Case of Renaissance -- 2.2. The Case of Enlightenment -- 2.3. The Case of Africa -- 3. The Origin of African Disaster -- 3.1. The Process of Decolonization -- 3.2. The Comprador State and the Mechanism of Underdevelopment -- 3.3. Culture as an Obstacle to Economic Development -- 4. Implementation before debate- The Non-Scientific Approach is Responsible for Africa's Underdevelopment -- 4.1. Import substitution industrialization: A False Strategy -- 4.2. The Structural Adjustment Program(SAPs): some Theoretical Problems -- 4.2.1. Interpreting the Program -- 4.2.2. Methodological Problems of SAPs -- 4.2.3. The Implementation of the Program &amp -- its Consequences -- 5. The Aid Industry as an Obstacle to Economic Development -- 6. Foreign Direct Investment as an Obstacle to Real Development -- 7. Globalization, Free trade, and the Production of Poverty in Africa -- 7.1. Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU: Can it bring Real Development or Perpetuates Underdevelopment? -- 7.2. A Way out: Free trade or Protectionism -- 7.3. The Great Confusion: Capitalism or Market economy -- 7.3.1. Market Economy as an Ideology or as an Institution -- 7.3.2. Market Economy as an End or as a Means -- 8. The Meaning of Development and Progress -- 8.1. Progress and Development through Reason -- 9. A Holistic model: An African Perspective -- 9.1. The Concept of Society -- 9.2. The Concept of Social Network System and and how to Create it -- 9.3. The Concept of politics and state -- 9.4. Economic policy: The Problem of Formulating an Appropriate Economic Policy -- 9.5. The Policy of Poverty Alleviation vs. the Policy of Economic Development -- 9.6. The Concept of Economy -- 9.7. Economy, Machine, and Energy -- 9.7.1. Small and Medium Size Industries vs. Large Industries.

9.7.2. The Steel &amp -- Iron Industries -- 9.7.3. The Role and Meaning of Agriculture -- 9.7.4. The Role of the State and the Private Sector -- 10. The Necessary Premises for Real Social Transformation -- 10.1. Institution Building and Man Power -- 10.2. Resource Mobilization: Material and Human -- 10.3. Resource Control -- 10.4. The Role of Money and Establishing Effective Credit Mechanisms -- 10.5. Vocational School and Engineering Colleges -- 10.6. Research and Development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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