{"product_id":"rethinking-institutions-processes-and-development-in-africa-9781538151129","title":"Rethinking Institutions, Processes and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by economic perspective of development despite the emergence of humanistic perspective of development. Human development is a more embracing, encompassing and comprehensive view of development than economic development and offers a better explanation of African situation than economic development. It is essential that the examine the relationships between democratic political institutions and human development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection examines this issue in two main sections. The first section contains chapters that focus on democratic institutions and processes in post-independence Africa. The contributors tried to examine the political institutional processes in post-colonial Africa. The section dealt with workings of various institutions like education, bureaucracy, interest groups, trade unions, and problems of enforcements in Africa. It also discussed the relevance of creative arts for political socialization as well as the role of privatization on service delivery in contemporary African societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Institutions and Development in Africa \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnest Aniche and Toyin Falola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Institutions and Processes in Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eReflections on Powers of Trade Union Federations in Democracies: A Comparative Discourse \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry Mmanoko Mathekga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Question of Enforcement: Sodomy Legislation and Anti-Queer Social Panopticism in Uganda \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eS.M. Rodriguez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Nigerian Education, Industry and Bureaucracy: The Counsellor’s Perspective \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaduka, Ngozi Joy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003ePrivatization of the Electric Power Sector and Service Delivery in Nigeria \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eIfeanyichukwu Micheal Abada, Nneka Ifeoma Okafor and Christopher Ewuzie Obianagwa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Relevance of Creativity Economics of Contemporary Nigerian Diaspora Art on Political Socialization\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Olusola Ogunfuwa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Institutions and Development Challenges in Africa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eHistoricizing Development and the Dilemma of Adopting Western Models in Nigeria \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinderella Temitope Ochu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eLocal Government-State Joint Account and Crisis of Grassroots Development in Nigeria \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eNneka Ifeoma Okafor, Ifeanyichukwu Micheal Abada and Paul Hezekiah Omeh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eNigeria and the Neo-colonial Dilemma: Rethinking the Challenge of an Unfinished Business \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eObinna Innocent Ihunna \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eUrban Redevelopment as Metaphor for Gentrification in the Making of a Mega-City: The Forced Displacement of Otodo Gbame\/Ebute Ikate Community, Lagos State \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlabi Bamidele\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eRailway and the Transformation and Modernization of Kafanchan, 1927-1993 \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaius Jatau\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041195032919,"sku":"9781538151129","price":87.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538151129.jpg?v=1750949304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-institutions-processes-and-development-in-africa-9781538151129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}