دانلود کتاب African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism: Concepts for African Leadership

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Part I: On Africapitalism
Chapter 1: African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism
Introduction
What Is Africapitalism?
Background
History of African Political Philosophy
Igbo Business Philosophy
References
Chapter 2: A Moralist Interrogation of Africapitalism as an African Economic Philosophy
Africapitalism and the Sage
References
Chapter 3: E. K. Ogundowole’s Self-reliancism and Tony Elumelu’s Africapitalism: Complementary Economic Ideologies for Sustainable Development in Africa
Conceptualizing Self-reliancism
The Theoretical Foundation of Self-reliance
On Africapitalism
Previous Economic Philosophies in Africa
Self-reliancism and Africapitalism as Economic Ideologies of Development
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 4: International Political Economy of Africapitalism
Chiefless African States and Africapitalism
Modern Africa and Underdevelopment
Universalization of Africapitalism and African Development
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 5: Africapitalism and the Moral Implications of African Governments’ Abnegation of Responsibilities
Africapitalism and Its Principles
An Overview of the Resource Curse in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Compounded Resource Curse
The Moral Implications for the Private Sector
Conclusion
Bibliography
Part II: On Development
Chapter 6: Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) as an Economic Philosophy Model for Africa
Critical Viewpoint of the Afrocentric Movement
The Ascribed Notion of ISI
Benefits of ISI for Africa’s Growth and Economic Prosperity
Conclusion and Afrocentric Policy Prescription
Bibliography
Chapter 7: Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Development in Africa
Constitution and Constitutionalism
Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa
Consequences for Development in the Continent
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 8: Replacing Development: An Afro-communal Approach to Distributive Justice
What Is Development?
An Interpretation of the African Value of Communion
Weak Criticisms of Development
Too Little Spirituality?
Too Much Science?
Too Much Materialism?
Too Little Locality?
Too Much Progress?
Is It True That, for Indigenous African values, the Concept of Linearity (or Progress) Is Out of Place?
Strong Criticisms of Development
Too Anthropocentric
Too Individualistic
Too Technocratic
Conclusion: Toward a Relational Concept of Progress
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 9: Black Consciousness Philosophy as Politics of Responsibility for Africa
Theoretical Framework and Contextualization
Basis of BCP
BCP as Politics of Responsibility for Sustainable African Development
Pragmatic Recognition of Africapitalism as a BCP
Evaluative Conclusion
Bibliography
Part III: On Leadership
Chapter 10: Akan Sociopolitical and Economic Thought as a Leadership Model for Africa
Justification
Woes of Colonialism and Postindependence Politics and the Calls for Indigeneity
Aspects of Indigenous Akan Politics and Political Economy
Theoretical Framework and Its Application
The Akan Experience of Democracy and the Philosophy of Political Economy
Indigenous Systems of Politics and Economics for Democracy and Well-Being of Individuals
Communalism and Indigenous Political and Economic Philosophies
The Misapplication of Communalism for African Socialism
(Mis)Application of Communalism: Any Way Forward for Africapitalism?
Conclusion and the Way Forward for African Politics and Economies
Bibliography
Chapter 11: Ubuntu as a Social Leadership Model in Africa: Focus on Nigeria
Leadership: Notion, Nigeria’s Experience, and Challenges
Ubuntu Philosophy: Notion and Exploration
Africapitalism: Notions and Principles
Ubuntu Philosophy and Africapitalism: Implications for Leadership in Africa
Conclusion: Ubuntu and Africapitalism as Models of Leadership in Africa
Bibliography
Chapter 12: Managing Diversity and Protecting Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Africa: The Limitations of the Quota System
The Case of Azania (A Hypothetical African State)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities and the Problem of Marginalization
Racial and Ethnic Quotas
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 13: Power in African Politics: What It Is and How It Ought to be Used
Political Conception of Power
The Antebellum Period of the Nigerian Civil War
The Failure of Power
Conclusion
Bibliography
Conclusion
Index
About the Contributors