Africa and the New Globalization

Globalization is not a new phenomenon in the international system. However, the various phases of globalization have had divergent scopes, actors, dimensions and dynamics - that is, each of the phases of globalization can be differentiated according to these terms. Against this background, this book focuses on the 'new globalization', a phase that emerged when the Cold War ended and which is, significantly, the most expansive and technologically advanced of all the phases of globalization. The contributors identify and discuss many of the frontier issues in Africa that are being impacted by the dynamics of this new globalization - debt, human rights, development, state sovereignty, the environment, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The volume will hold particular interest for students, scholars and researchers of African and development politics.

George Klay Kieh, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and African Studies at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA and Senior Research Fellow, Program in Ethnic and Federal Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Contents: Preface; Introduction: from the old to the new globalization, George Klay Kieh Jr; The new globalization: nature, scope and dimensions, George Klay Kieh Jr; The African debt crisis and the new globalozation, John Mukum Mbaku; Human rights and the new globalization in Africa, E. Ike Udogu; The norms of displacement: NGOs, globalization and the state in Africa, P.L.E. Idahosa; State sovereignty and the new globalization in Africa, Jacques Mangala; The environment and the new globalization in Africa, John Mukum Mbaku; The new globalization and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Amy S. Patterson; Weaving together the threads of the new globalization: the lessons, George Klay Kieh Jr; Index.