Nana Poku

Security and Development in Southern Africa (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

With the end of white-dominated South Africa, many observers have argued for a positive transformation of the whole of Southern Africa based upon market integration and increased cooperation among the states of the region. Poku and the contributors to this collection re-examine this optimistic scenerio, and they point to the problems of translating good intentions into actual policies.

In reality, the economic imbalance between South Africa and its neighbors poses severe problems for the region. Far from finding a stronger ally in regional reconstruction and development, the countries in the region are finding that for many in South Africa they simply do not matter that much. The analysis points to greater polarization, which may imply greater marginalization of the poorer countries in the region. Moreover, a major widening of the gap between the richer South Africa and some or all of the weaker economies may lead to increased tensions and breakdown of regional relations, even to a situation detrimental to economic development in the region. A provocative analysis by some of the leading politico-economic thinkers of the region, the volume will be of great use to scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with Southern African development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313075445
• Artikelnr.: 37818369

Autorenporträt

Nana K. Poku is executive director of the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, and was formerly the John Ferguson Professor of African studies at the University of Bradford.

NANA POKU is Lecturer of Politics at the University of Southampton and a UN researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Nana K. Poku Mapping Human Insecurity Uneven Globalization and
Human Insecurity in Africa by Nana K. Poku Why Democracy Is not Enough:
Southern Africa and Human Security by Larry A. Swatuk and Peter Vale
Emancipating the Dead? Changing Notions of Human Security in Southern
Africa by Anthony Leysens and Lisa Thompson Poverty, AIDS, and Human
Insecurity in South Africa by Nana K. Puko The Dilemma of Security in
Southern Africa: The Case of Lesotho by Khabele Matlosa Regionalism and
Development The Dynamics of Security and Development Regionalism in
Southern Africa by Fredrik Söderbaum Peace Building and the New
Regionalisms: A Look at Southern Africa Sandra MacLean The Limits of
Regionalization in South Africa by Maxi Shoeman Development and the State
of Botswana by Wayne Edge Index