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"In The Right to Development in Africa, Carol Chi Ngang provides a conceptual analysis of the human right to development with a decolonial critique of the requirement to have recourse to development cooperation as a mechanism for its realisation. In his argumentation, the setbacks to developmen...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies in critical social sciences,
volume 201 New scholarship in political economy ; voume 11 |
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| Summary: |
"In The Right to Development in Africa, Carol Chi Ngang provides a conceptual analysis of the human right to development with a decolonial critique of the requirement to have recourse to development cooperation as a mechanism for its realisation. In his argumentation, the setbacks to development in Africa are not necessarily caused by the absence of development assistance but principally as a result of the lack of an operational model to steer the processes for development towards the highest attainable standard of living for the peoples of Africa. Basing on the decolonial and capability theories, he posits for a shift in development thinking from dependence on development assistance to an alternative model suited to Africa, which he defines as the right to development governance"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 415 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-368) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004467811 9004467815 |
| Index Number: | HC800 |
| CLC: |
D94-05 D740.24 |
| Call Number: | D740.24/N576 |