Bessie Bessie House-Soremekun & Toyin Falola 
Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa 

Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of sustainable development. This volume answers that need. The essays here contribute to the store of knowledge about globalization in sub-Saharan Africa by documenting the affect of this global force on the continent’s growth — economic, political, and cultural. This interdisciplinary collection provides comprehensive analyses at the international, national, andlocal levels of the theoretical issues revolving around the complex process of globalization, while offering detailed examinations of new models of economic development that can be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance economic growth, self-sufficiency, and sustainable development. These models are accessible to politicians, public policy analysts, scholars, students, international organizations, nongovernmental actors, and members of the public atlarge. Finally, the essays here provide insightful case studies of African countries that already demonstrate creative, indigenous-based models of entrepreneurship and discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development and economic independence at the grassroots level. Contributors represent the disciplines of law, history, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, business and management, African studies and art history, criminal justice, and education.


Bessie House-Soremekun is the Public Scholar in African American Studies, Civic Engagement, and Entrepreneurship, Professor of Political Science and Professor of Africana Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Tabla de materias

Introduction: Africana in the Margins

The Trouble with Globalization: It Isn’t Global Enough!

Can Africa Compete in a Global Economy?

A Two-Track Strategy for Viable Development in Africa

Solutions to Africa’s Development Challenges

Renewable Energy, Migration-Development Model, and Sustainability Entrepreneurship

Transborder Labor Liberalization and Social Contracts

Asante Society and the Global Market

Enterprising Women in Zimbabwe: Confronting Crisis in a Globalizing Era

Sustainable Strategies in a Postconflict Environment: Fostering Local Entrepreneurship in Côte d’Ivoire

Globalization and Monetary Convergence: Independent Currency Union or Dollarization?

The Impact of Globalization on Emerging Markets: The Case of Côte d’Ivoire

Globalization and Industrial Development in Nigeria

Interest Rates, Fiscal Policy, and Foreign Private Investment in Nigeria

Why Nigeria Does Not Work: Obstacles and the Alternative Path to Development

The Impact of Globalization on International Security

Resource Curse, Globalization, and Conflicts

The Politics of Oil and Development and Visual Metaphors of the Crisis in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Islam and the ‘Global War on Terror’ in West Africa

Selected Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index

Sobre el autor

TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.