TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tar,Usman A.
AU  - Mijah,Etham B.
AU  - Tedheke,Moses E.U.
AU  - Zack-Williams,Alfred
AU  - Imade,Lucky
AU  - Maishanu,Malami Muhammad
AU  - Abubakar,Dauda
AU  - Owuor,Nickanor Anwata
AU  - Munene,Macharia
AU  - Onwurah,Charles Pen
TI  - Globalization in Africa: Perspectives on Development, Security, and the Environment
SN  - 9780739196397
AV  - HC800.G563 2016 
U1  - 338.96 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Globalization - Environmental aspects - Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- I: Conceptual Discourse -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Globalization -- II: Development and Governance -- Chapter Three: How Globalization Underdeveloped Africa -- Chapter Four: Africa and Globalization of High-Tech Capitalism -- Chapter Five: Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Africa -- Chapter Six: Globalization, Neoliberal Governmentality, and Agrarian Transformation in Africa -- Chapter Seven: Globalization, Neoliberalism and Higher Education in Africa -- Chapter Eight: Globalization and Foreign Relations in Eastern Africa -- Chapter Nine: Globalization and Multinational Corporations in Africa -- Chapter Ten: Globalization, Gender, and Rural Livelihood -- III: Peace and Security -- Chapter Eleven: Globalization and Africa's Security Challenges for the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter Twelve: Globalization and Transnational Terrorism -- Chapter Thirteen: Globalization and New Waves of Terrorism in Africa -- Chapter Fourteen: Globalization and "Small Wars" in Africa -- Chapter Fifteen: Globalization of Violence -- Chapter Sixteen: Globalization of Political Islam -- Chapter Seventeen: Globalization, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Africa -- IV: Environment and Sustainability -- Chapter Eighteen: Globalization, Ecology, and Land Degradation in Africa -- Chapter Nineteen: Globalization and Climate Change in Africa -- V: Conclusion -- Chapter Twenty: Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors
N2  - This book critically examines the impact of globalization on development, security, and the environment in Africa. It assesses multiple fronts of crises unleashed by globalization: development and governance, peace and security, and environment and sustainability. This edited volume also identifies and discusses the challenges and opportunities that globalization poses to African states and societies
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