Imagining the United States of Africa : Discourses on the Way Forward.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Issue of Nationalism and Political Integration in Africa's Unification Project -- The Challenge of Corruption Control in Africa -- Reflection on Capitalism and Liberal Globalization -- Political Ethnicity and Conflict Management in an Integrated Continent -- ICT Penetration and Functions of Government and Society in Fostering Regional Power Hubs Critical for Sustaining Development in Africa -- Social Democracy and Its Efficacy for a United Africa -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This volume debates issues critical for the construction of a viable United States of Africa in this century. Contributors to this book contend that such a unification scheme would provide African leaders and citizens a vast home within which to exploit its abundant natural resources for socio-economic development and enhancement of its political clout in global affairs.