Towards a new map of Africa
By: edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga.
Contributors: Wisner, Benjamin.; Toulmin, Camilla.; Chitiga, Rutendo.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Panafricanisme; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-; Afrique -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1960-; Afrique -- Conditions économiques -- 1960-
Description: "African and Western scholars provide a 'map' for the reader to navigate between issues such as urban and rural livelihoods, the potential of fresh water fishing, health, the HIV/AIDS crisis, conflict and efforts at peacemaking. Also included are critical assessments of Africa's role in the global economy, the growth of regional economic cooperation within Africa, the influence of ethnicity on the continent's politics, the evolution of its political institutions, and the impact of Africa's legal systems on its development. A substantial introductory essay by the editors measures the distance Africa has travelled and the lessons it has learned since Africa in Crisis, the classic Earthscan book, was published in 1985."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Foreword by Mary Robinson"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Land-based livelihoods / Mamadou Baro and Simon Batterbury; title: Fishing livelihoods / Pierre Morand, Oumar Ibrahima Sy, and Christophe Breuil; title: Urban livelihoods / Jo Beall; title: The challenge of HIV/AIDS / Alex de Waal; title: Food security / William G. Moseley and B. Ikubolajeh Logan; title: The global economic context / Thandika Mkandawire; title: Legal frameworks / Ann Seidman and Robert B. Seidman; title: The politics of decentralization / Jesse C. Ribot and Phil René Oyono; title: National institutions for development : the case of Botswana / Abdi Ismail Samatar; title: Identity and national governance / Mahmood Mamdani; title: Regional economic and political institutions / Edward Ramasamy; title: Institutions for conflict resolution and peacemaking / Michelle Parlevliet; title: Agenda for action / Abdi Samatar ... [et al.].