Rethinking Institutions, Processes and Development in Africa

by Ernest Aniche Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. (Editor), Toyin Falola University of Texas at Austin, USA (Editor)

Overview

African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by the economic perspective of development despite the emergence of the humanistic perspective of development. The humanistic perspective is a more embracing, encompassing, and comprehensive view of development than its economic counterpart and offers a better explanation of the African situation. It is essential to examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development.

This collection examines democratic institutions and processes in post-independence Africa. The contributors examine the political institutional processes in post-colonial Africa, evaluating the workings of institutions such as education, bureaucracy, interest groups, trade unions, and problems of enforcements in Africa. It also discusses the relevance of creative arts for political socialization as well as the role effects of privatization on service delivery in contemporary African societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538151136
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/18/2021
Series:	Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Ernest Toochi Aniche is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria.

Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Institutions and Development in Africa

Ernest Toochi Aniche and Toyin Falola

Part I: Institutions and Processes in Africa

1. Reflections on Powers of Trade Union Federations in Democracies: A Comparative Discourse

Jerry Mmanoko Mathekga

1. The Nigerian Education, Industry and Bureaucracy: The Counsellor’s Perspective

Ngozi Joy Maduka

1. Privatization of the Electric Power Sector and Service Delivery in Nigeria

Ifeanyichukwu Micheal Abada, Nneka Ifeoma Okafor and Christopher Ewuzie Obianagwa

1. The Relevance of Creativity Economics of Contemporary Nigerian Diaspora Art on Political Socialization

Timothy Olusola Ogunfuwa

Part II: Institutions and Development Challenges in Africa

1. Emerging Democratic Institutions and Culture in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Toyin Falola

1. Historicizing Development and the Dilemma of Adopting Western Models in Nigeria

Cinderella Temitope Ochu

1. Local Government-State Joint Account and Crisis of Grassroots Development in Nigeria

Nneka Ifeoma Okafor, Ifeanyichukwu Micheal Abada and Paul Hezekiah Omeh

1. Nigeria and the Neo-colonial Dilemma: Rethinking the Challenge of an Unfinished Business

Obinna Innocent Ihunna

1. Urban Redevelopment as Metaphor for Gentrification in the Making of a Mega-City: The Forced Displacement of Otodo Gbame/Ebute Ikate Community, Lagos State

Alabi Bamidele

1. Railway and the Transformation and Modernization of Kafanchan, 1927-1993

Gaius Jatau

1. Institutions, Inequality and Crisis of Developmental Regionalism in Africa

Ernest Toochi Aniche

1. Trade Institutions, Trade Regimes and Challenges of Food Security in West Africa

Emeka C. Iloh, Ifeanyi P. Maduechesi and Chukwuemeka V. Muoneke

Editorial Reviews

The subject of leadership and institutions in Africa is a very pertinent one. This is essential in the light of the experiences of many African states in which personalisation of office by political elites have taken precedence over building institutions.

Samuel Oloruntoba