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RT Book, Whole SR Electronic DC OPAC T1 Theorising Development in Africa : Towards Building an African Framework of Development / Munyaradzi Mawere. A1 Mawere, Munyaradzi, A1 Project Muse, A1 Project Muse. YR 2017 FD 2017 : 2015) FD 2015) FD [2017] : 2015) VO 9789956764761 VO 9956764760 SP 1 online resource (1 PDF (iv, 199 pages) :) K1 Sustainable development -- Africa. K1 Economic development -- Social aspects -- Africa. K1 Economic development -- Africa. K1 Electronic books. K1 Electronic books. -- local PB Project Muse, : Project MUSE, PB Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective : Project MUSE, PB Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, : Project MUSE, PP Baltimore, Maryland : (Baltimore, Md. : PP [Oxford, England] : (Baltimore, Md. : PP Mankoon, Cameroon : (Baltimore, Md. : SN 9789956764761 SN 9956764760 LA English (英語) CL LCC:HC800 NO Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199). NO Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. NO How come Africa is so underdeveloped when it is one of the richest continents on earth? Indeed, Africa is a paradox: it is poor and rich at the same time! Resource-wise, Africa is among the top richest continents in the world, yet development-wise it is the poorest of all continents. This paradox desperately needs comprehensive theoretical unpacking and rethinking if Africa is to achieve breakthroughs to the multifaceted development-related problems that have haunted it since the beginning of its unequal encounters with Europe. Regrettably, current Eurocentric development theories fall short on several fronts. The need for a comprehensive body of knowledge -- theories and models -- from the perspective of Africans persists in urgency. The present volume is an attempt to theorise Africa's [under-]development with a view to provide a sustainable enduring framework of operations that will arrest the elusive predicament of the continent while taking it forward from its current position of passivity. It rethinks and re-imagines a number of externally imposed problematic mechanisms used (un-)consciously in Africa, with the intention to raise awareness and foster critical thinking in scholars and scholarship on African development. With its predicament-oriented theorising, the book is a pacesetter on how to think and research Africa's [under-]development. It is also an invaluable asset for social scientists, policy makers, development practitioners, civil society activists and politicians. NO 書誌ID=1003058236; LK [E Book]https://muse.jhu.edu/book/50498/ OL 30