Democracy, Good Governance and Developme

Munyaradzi Mawere, R. Mwanaka, Munyaradzi Mawere, R. Mwanaka

• Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9789956763009
• eBook ISBN: 9789956763122
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: African Politics
• Index: Social Sciences

Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socio-economically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and maledictious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions on why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africas diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africas multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continents long-standing political and socio-economic quandaries and hitches. Contributions are by African scholars and researchers from different disciplinary orientations and countries. Grounded in empirical reality as well as the lived experiences of the contributors, the book is an invaluable asset for social scientists, development practitioners, politicians and civil society activists.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• List of Contributors
• Contents
• Good Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development in Africa. An Introduction
• Introduction
• A Guide to the Chapters
• Chapter One - Envisioning African Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: Mwana washe muranda kumwe and the Coloniality of Contrived “Democracy”
• Chapter Two - Towards a United States of Africa: Concepts, Issues, and Methodologies
• Chapter Three - African Democracy Vis-A-Vis Western Democracy: Afrikenticating, Follyfying, Expibasketizing, and Reversing the “African Democracy” Debate
• Chapter Four - Mandela and Coloniality in South Africa
• Chapter Five - The State and Knowledge of Democracy in West Africa: A Critical Analysis
• Chapter Six - Paradigm Clash, Imperial Methodological Epistemologies and Development in Africa: Observations from rural Zimbabwe and Zambia
• Chapter Seven - Exploring Indigenous Religious Tenets for Democratic Sustainability in Contemporary Nigerian Society
• Chapter Eight - Global Political Agreement and the Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe: Legal and Political Reflections
• Chapter Nine - Culture, Ethics and Politics for a Better and Sustainable Africa: The Mozambican Experience
• Chapter Ten - Education for Sustainable Development in Africa: An Appraisal with Focus on Nigerian Experience
• Chapter Eleven - The Unsung Dimension of Great Zimbabwe National Monument: A critique
• Chapter Twelve - Youths and Ethno-Religious Conflicts in Sino-Nigerian Countries: A Comparative and Transformative Approach
• Chapter Thirteen - Reviving African Indigenous Institutions for Democracy, Good Governance and Development:Lessons from Zimbabwe
• Chapter Fourteen - Architectures, Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge in Africa: The Impetus and Potential of the BaTonga Indigenous Knowledge and Technology for Fostering Sustainable Development
• Back cover