Editors:
- Collects in one volume a variety of approaches to understanding contemporary African developmental issues
- Offers a state-of-the-art methodological and theoretical review of various areas of development studies in Africa
- Specific country studies show how different levels of achievement result from different policies, physical environments and socio-economic formations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Selected Development Issues in African States
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Front Matter
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Selected Issues in Ghana
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Howard College Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Social Sciences, Durban, South Africa
Lucky Asuelime, Suzanne Francis
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Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana Faculty of Social Studies, Accra, Ghana
Joseph Yaro
About the editors
Lucky Asuelime is affiliated to the School of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has taught International Relations for five years. At the time of writing he was completing his PhD in International Relations at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also the Director for the Centre for Conflict Resolution and Development in Africa (CREDA).
Joseph A. Yaro is an Associate Professor of Human Geography. He combines a rich background in development studies and rural geography with extensive rural research experience in northern Ghana. His specific research interests are: sustainable development; rural livelihoods and food security; climate change adaptation; land tenure and transnational land deals/grabs.
Suzanne Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She carries out extensive empirical research, writes and publishes in the area of political elites, value systems and political institutions in Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Selected Themes in African Development Studies
Book Subtitle: Economic Growth, Governance and the Environment
Editors: Lucky Asuelime, Joseph Yaro, Suzanne Francis
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06022-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06021-7Published: 01 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35897-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06022-4Published: 11 June 2014
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 148
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, International Political Economy, Economic Geography