The Right to Development in Africa

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46781-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 201/11, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 847 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences / New Scholarship in Political Economy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ngang, Carol Chi

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement

Acronyms and abbreviations

Foreword

Chapter

1. Introduction – Africa’s Development Setbacks in Context



Overview

Background

Approach and structure

2. Historical Account on the Right to Development

Introduction

Origins of the right to development

Evolution of the right to development

Conceptual clarity

Concluding remarks

3. Global Dynamics and the Geopolitics of Development Cooperation

Introduction

Cooperation framework for development

Development cooperation and the right to development

Asserting the right to development in Africa

Concluding remarks

4. A Dispensation for Socio-Economic and Cultural Self-Determination

Introduction

Framework for implementation

Safeguard measures The duty to protect

Concluding remarks

5. Right to Development Governance for Africa

Introduction

Incongruities and the complex dynamics in Africa

Right to development regulatory mechanisms

Right to development governance

Concluding remarks

6. Conclusion – Right to Development Policy Imperatives for Africa

Concluding highlights

Imperative for political action

Final remarks

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carol Chi Ngang, LL.D (2018), University of Pretoria, is Research Associate at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, South Africa. He has published three edited volumes and a broad range of book chapters and journal articles.