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Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs
Peter (Profe Schwab
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Description for Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HF; GTB; GTF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Can Africa survive? Many of the nations of sub-Saharan African have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil war, ethnic conflict and border invasions threaten the complete disintegration of a region. Peter Schwab offers a clear, authoritative portrait of a continent on the brink. Globalization and an accompanying level of economic health have passed over Africa. Added to these factors is a patronizing attitude from the West that change in Africa must take place within Western parameters, a UN that lacks any real power, and a US foreign policy in Africa that is ... Read more
Can Africa survive? Many of the nations of sub-Saharan African have all but ceased to exist as organized states: tyranny, diseases such as AIDS, civil war, ethnic conflict and border invasions threaten the complete disintegration of a region. Peter Schwab offers a clear, authoritative portrait of a continent on the brink. Globalization and an accompanying level of economic health have passed over Africa. Added to these factors is a patronizing attitude from the West that change in Africa must take place within Western parameters, a UN that lacks any real power, and a US foreign policy in Africa that is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403960535
SKU
V9781403960535
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99-15
About Peter (Profe Schwab
PETER SCHWAB is an authority on human rights. He has published extensively on the politics of Africa. He is a Professor of Political Science at SUNY Purchase.
Reviews for Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs
'Offers brief, invaluable descriptions of several countries' circumstances...readers will gain much from this astute analysis.' - Publishers Weekly 'Peter Schwab has written this book with courage, honesty, and enormous insight, as well as with a deep sense of humanity. For anyone interested in the reality of Africa, this is the book to read.' - Amos Sawyer, President ... Read more