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Afro Optimism

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Author : Ebere Onwudiwe
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2002-12-30

Afro Optimism written by Ebere Onwudiwe and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-30 with History categories.

The view that Africa regressed the moment that colonial governments left its shores is widespread. This volume is a counterpoint to the orthodoxy. Here 13 scholars with specializations ranging from literature and history to philosophy and economics argue that Africa has advanced since colonialism and is poised to march forward in spite of setbacks and disappointments. The contributors to the book contend that development is about human beings, so they do not rely exclusively on statistical estimates and projections. Afro-Optimism is a book with a simple thesis: Africa is marching forward, even if at times haltingly and at a different pace from the rest of the world. A common view among journalists and academics alike is that African conditions declined the moment colonial governments left its shores. The chapters in this book cover Africa's progress in health, agriculture, transportation, cultural innovation, and economic advancement. The contributors to the book contend that development is about human beings, so they do not rely exclusively on statistical estimates and projections. The essays in this book discuss the advances African states have made in spite of, and at times because of, their experiences of European colonial rule. The contributors argue that in all facets of development, Africans had to overcome colonial obstacles or had to build on meager colonial foundations. Although the authors acknowledge Africa's disappointing performance in various respects, they stress throughout that exclusive concentration on African failures creates new and reinforces existing negative perceptions of contemporary Africa.

Christians And Churches Of Africa

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Author : Kä Mana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Christians And Churches Of Africa written by Kä Mana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE! (Valid until 3 months after publication) From the earliest attempts to structure and organize human settlements in the image of divine, cosmic, or an ideal social order, the notion of urban design has deep historical roots. Down the ages, the design of cities has reflected edicts prescribed by the highest authorities, including priests, rulers, philosophers, and visionary thinkers. Many dynasties sought glory and fame in the design of their cities and--even in modern times--new cities have been designed and built as icons of independence and as symbols of progress. Thus, city design has played a crucial role in the construction of new capitals like Brasilia, Chandigarh, and Islamabad, and--more recently--in the dizzying new urban developments of Dubai and Shanghai. In common parlance, urban design means the appearance, layout, and organization of the built form of large-scale urban environments. Urban design also implies a deliberate process to create functional, efficient, just, and aesthetically appealing urban spaces. Accordingly, as the editor of this new Routledge collection explains, ''design'' is used simultaneously as both noun and verb, and the literature on urban design reflects this parallel possibility. As a noun, urban design is an object of historical, critical, comparative commentaries on the circumstances, values, and processes that lead to a particular urban design outcome and its human consequences. Scholarship here is critical and reflective of the past outcomes, and normative about future possibilities. The other literature that focuses on design as a process tends to emphasize the practice, methods, and the institutional frameworks that guide urban design and influence its outcome. While the former includes writings from social sciences and the humanities, the latter are drawn primarily from the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. In the realm of practice, these three professions--architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning--claim expertise and authority over the scope of urban design. While architects tend to focus on the design of the collective architectural forms of the built environment, landscape architects are apt to emphasize the form and processes of the natural environment, and nature more generally, in the design of large-scale built environments. Urban planners typically consider themselves responsible for defining the social, economic, and political imperatives of city design. Although the professional identity of urban design by and large remains a shared enterprise, there is a growing sense that urban design has established an autonomous identity as body of knowledge. The scholarship pertaining to the appearance and design of cities, and the human consequences of the built environment has proliferated in recent years, not only within the professions but also in the disciplines of the social sciences, the humanities, and the environmental science and health fields. This scholarly enterprise includes critical, interpretive, and reflective work on the one hand, but also empirical findings about the nature of practice and human consequences of the built environment, on the other. This new collection from Routledge''s Critical Concepts in Urban Studies series answers the urgent need for an authoritative reference work to help researchers and students navigate and make sense of this huge, rapidly growing, and complex corpus of literature. Moreover, the compilation reflects the many and varied sources of knowledge and influence: these expertly compiled major works chart, organize, and order not only the best output of academics and practitioners of urban design, but also include key writings on cities and urbanism from thinkers across the social sciences and humanities, and from other allied disciplinary traditions. With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Urban Design is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as an essential database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also facilitate rapid access to less familiar--and sometimes overlooked--texts. For researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers, it is an indispensable one-stop research and pedagogic resource.

Survey Of Electoral Systems And Reform Imperatives In The Sadc Region

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Author : K. T. Matlosa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Survey Of Electoral Systems And Reform Imperatives In The Sadc Region written by K. T. Matlosa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Africa, Southern categories.

Between Knowledge And Commitment

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Author : Masako Ishii
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Between Knowledge And Commitment written by Masako Ishii and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

Philosophy And Social Action

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Philosophy And Social Action written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Developing countries categories.

New Regionalist Impulses

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Author : K. T. Matlosa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

New Regionalist Impulses written by K. T. Matlosa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.

The Making Of The Africa Nation

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Author : Mammo Muchie
language : en
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Release Date : 2003

The Making Of The Africa Nation written by Mammo Muchie and has been published by Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Introduction. 2. Conceptual and theoretical issues. 3. Africa-nation, Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance : issues, challenges and prospects. 4. Afro-Arab relations : co-operation or conflict?. 5. Africa-nation, Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance : alternative guideposts. 6. General conclusions. A list of the contributions is available in the full-text area of this record.

Au Nepad And The Aprm

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Author : Charles Manga Fombad
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 2006

Au Nepad And The Aprm written by Charles Manga Fombad and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.

The African Union (AU) and The New Partnership for Africa 's Development (NEPAD) reflect a hitherto unprecedented collective political effort by African governments to address issues of democracy and good governance on a continental scale. The visible commitments are reflected in the adoption of a variety of programmatic blueprints and a series of newly created or recently strengthened institutions. Most visibly since the integration of NEPAD into the AU, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has started a process to address some of the obstacles on the basis of a voluntary assessment of African government policies.The contributions to this publication trace the recent developments from a policy perspective and explore the scope and limit of the current democratization efforts. They present an interim prognosis on the extent to which the visible new dynamics actually give realistic hope for achieving sustainable changes in terms of the declared goals. This publication is useful for political scientists, policymakers, and other professionals dealing with Africa in development assistance.

Book Review Index

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

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Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Multicultural Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

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