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n this very riveting and well-researched essay, Julius Fondong ruminates on the continued relevance of the promises and principles that underpinned the creation of the post-colonial Cameroon nation-state, sixty years after unification in 1961.Renewing the Promise: A Treatise on the Refoundation of the Cameroon Nationchronicles Cameroon's experiment in statehood; an experiment, which according to the author, sprung out of a desire and a promise to forge a new nation through the fusion of two territories with contrasting historical experiences and colonial legacies. Writing from the vantage position of a policy analyst, a governance expert, and a conflict management practitioner, Fondong contends that a combination of policy inconsistencies, imperial arrogance, institution capture, leadership deficiencies and the brazen travesties of the nation's foundational principles and promises has led to violent internal dissent, decreased state capacity for public service delivery and a development gridlock. So, what can be done to re-align the nation to its founding promises and save it from possible disintegration?Fondong proposes an overarching, governance-based praxis for the re-engineering of the Cameroon nation from the bottom up. His proposed remedy is predicated on the principles of decentralized governance, the redistribution of power in a manner that addresses the right to self-determination of Anglophone Cameroonians, enhanced public service delivery and a strategic shift from a transactional to a transformational leadership paradigm.Renewing the Promiseis a thought-provoking and captivating political essay, written with exhilarating passion and prototypical clarity. It can serve as a blueprint for a much-needed reform of Cameroon's governance architecture.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Epigraph
- Chapter One | Introduction: Promises Broken, Trust Betrayed
- Chapter Two | The State of Play
- Chapter Three | Untangling the Decentralization Conundrum
- Chapter Four | The Imperative of Public Service Reform
- Chapter Five | Envisioning a New Political Leadership Paradigm
- Chapter Six | Conclusion: Looking Ahead with Optimism
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back cover