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Young, Tom

 
9781786070630: Neither Devil Nor Child: How Western Attitudes Are Harming Africa
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ISBN 10 : 1786070634 ISBN 13 : 9781786070630
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2018

Synopsis

If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible?

Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world. When the same colonists withdrew from Asia there followed several decades of sustained and unprecedented growth throughout the continent. So what went wrong in Africa? And are we helping to fix it, or simply making matters worse?

In this provocative analysis, Tom Young argues that so much has been misplaced: our guilt, our policies, and our aid. Human rights have become a cover for imposing our values on others, our shiniest infrastructure projects have fuelled corruption and our interference in domestic politics has further entrenched conflict. Only by radically changing how we think about Africa can we escape this vicious cycle.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom Young is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the editor of Readings in African Politics.

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786070634
ISBN 13 
9781786070630
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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