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1 online resource (xxvii, 184 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / E. Ike Udogu -- Issue of nationalism and political integration in Africa's unification project: an overview / E. Ike Udogu -- Challenge of corruption control in Africa / John Mukum Mbaku, Esq. -- Reflection on capitalism and liberal globalization: lessons for a proposed union government / Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo -- Political ethnicity and conflict management in an integrated continent / E. Ike Udogu -- ICT penetration and functions of government and society in fostering regional power hubs critical for sustaining development in Africa / Kwesi A. Tandoh -- Social democracy and its efficacy in a united Africa / George Klay Kieh, Jr. |
| Summary |
This book frames the debates around the pressing desire for some form of unification that found expression in the pan-Africanist movement and formation of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963 following the advent of home-rule for many former colonies of the Western powers. Discussions in this volume address the following fundamental issues: nationalism and political integration and how the contradictions between both philosophies can be resolved; the amelioration of corruption in order to attract internal and external investments critical for developing the vast n. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Africa. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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African cooperation.
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African cooperation. |
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Regionalism -- Africa.
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Regionalism. |
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Regionalism (International organization)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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Regionalism (International organization) |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Udogu, E. Ike, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Imagining the United States of Africa. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498507752 (DLC) 2014044164 |
| ISBN |
9781498507769 (ebook) |
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149850776X |
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9781498507752 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1498507751 |
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