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Poverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa

Potential and Limitations of Democracy in Cementing Multiethnic Societies

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  • © 2011

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  1. David Bigman
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The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political problems that divided the continent.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • David Bigman
      Pages 3-30

    3. The Black Man’s Burden

      • David Bigman
      Pages 31-54

  3. Coping with Escalating Food Insecurity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. The Threat of Climate Changes

      • David Bigman
      Pages 57-64

    3. Can Africa Feed Its People?

      • David Bigman
      Pages 65-99

    4. Is Africa Doomed to Permanent Food Crises?

      • David Bigman
      Pages 100-117

  4. Africa’s Poverty Traps and Obstacles to Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-120
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    2. The Geographical and Man-Made Obstacles

      • David Bigman
      Pages 121-153

    3. The Demographic and Social Changes and the Urbanization of Poverty

      • David Bigman
      Pages 154-169

  5. Civil Conflicts, Wars and Democracy: Will Democracy Inflame or Help to Settle Civil Conflicts?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-173
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    2. The Roots and Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Wars and Civil Conflicts

      • David Bigman
      Pages 175-205

    3. The Impact of Wars and Civil Conflicts on Africa’s Growth and Poverty

      • David Bigman
      Pages 206-243

    4. Will Democracy Settle or Intensify Civil Conflicts?

      • David Bigman
      Pages 244-274

  6. The Fourth Wave of Democratization: Will Democracy Cement the African Multiethnic Nation State?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. The Transition of the African Countries to Democracy

      • David Bigman
      Pages 277-293

    3. Can Democracy Help the African States to Cement Their Multiethnic Societies?

      • David Bigman
      Pages 294-309

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 310-325
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About the author

DAVID BIGMAN is Professor and Honorary Chair in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Wageningen University, and Visiting Professor at Stanford University and Woosong University, Korea. In 1977 he received a PhD in Economics at Johns Hopkins University. He was formerly Senior Lecturer and Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Senior Economist at the IMF, the World Bank and the CGIAR. He has published 10 books, 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, and 80 research papers.

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