African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
Published on 17. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-90-04-25604-0 (ISBN)
Description
Fifty years after the foundation of the OAU and the consolidation of most African states and institutions, the international panorama and Africa's position in it have changed considerably. The world's geopolitical and economic configuration has evolved, with new actors appearing in a new period of globalization. In tone with ECAS 2013, this volume proposes that the experiences appearing in Africa question dominant paradigms in terms of political practice and academic reflection and thus offer a clear challenge to the academic community. The volume offers clues to answer questions such as: What is the impact of the current processes of globalization for African countries and African citizens? How should African Studies be engaged to gauge African dynamics, both at a local and global level? What interdisciplinary means and tools should be brought in to produce an epistemologically relevant view (or narrative) of the issues under analysis?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-25604-0 (9789004256040)
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Persons
Ulf Engel, Dr. phil. and habil. (1962), is Professor for African Politics at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He is also regularly working at the universities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Stellenbosch, South Africa, respectively. He publishes on peace and security in Africa, and new spatialities of power.
Manuel Joao Ramos, PhD. and habil. (1960), is Associate Professor in Anthropology at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon and Senior Researcher of the Centre of African Studies of the same Institute. He publishes on Ethiopian Studies, Heritage Studies, and on risk and conflict.
Manuel Joao Ramos, PhD. and habil. (1960), is Associate Professor in Anthropology at ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon and Senior Researcher of the Centre of African Studies of the same Institute. He publishes on Ethiopian Studies, Heritage Studies, and on risk and conflict.
Content
CONTENTS
About the authors
African dynamics in a multipolar world
Ulf Engel and Manuel Joao Ramos
Maputo home spaces: Working for a Home, Working at Home
Ana Benard da Costa and Adriano Biza
Changing patterns of intimacy among young people in Africa
Alcinda Honwana
Listening and archiving migrant voices: How it all began
Alessandro Triulzi
Overcoming the cost to Africa of being a good neighbour to Denmark: Unconstrained geography as an alternative to the end of history
John Davies
Corporate social responsibility in Africa: New trends for development? A new field for African studies?
Virginie Tallio
Africa's demographics: a threat or a bonus?
Ana Pires de Carvalho
Doctoral studies in sub-Saharan Africa and the planned RESSESA intervention
Paulos Chanie and Paschal B. Mihyo
Africa globalized? Multipolarity and the paradoxes of time-space compression
Preben Kaarsholm
'The road to Sudan, a pipe dream?' Kenya's new infrastructural dispensation in a multipolar world
Mark Lamont
The compulsion to do the right thing: Development knowledge and its limits
Elisio Macamo
The study of Africa in a multipolar world A perspective from within
Ebrima Sall
Index
About the authors
African dynamics in a multipolar world
Ulf Engel and Manuel Joao Ramos
Maputo home spaces: Working for a Home, Working at Home
Ana Benard da Costa and Adriano Biza
Changing patterns of intimacy among young people in Africa
Alcinda Honwana
Listening and archiving migrant voices: How it all began
Alessandro Triulzi
Overcoming the cost to Africa of being a good neighbour to Denmark: Unconstrained geography as an alternative to the end of history
John Davies
Corporate social responsibility in Africa: New trends for development? A new field for African studies?
Virginie Tallio
Africa's demographics: a threat or a bonus?
Ana Pires de Carvalho
Doctoral studies in sub-Saharan Africa and the planned RESSESA intervention
Paulos Chanie and Paschal B. Mihyo
Africa globalized? Multipolarity and the paradoxes of time-space compression
Preben Kaarsholm
'The road to Sudan, a pipe dream?' Kenya's new infrastructural dispensation in a multipolar world
Mark Lamont
The compulsion to do the right thing: Development knowledge and its limits
Elisio Macamo
The study of Africa in a multipolar world A perspective from within
Ebrima Sall
Index