Power and Need in Africa

Basic Human Needs and Development Policies
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-30242-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Power and Need in Africa (1988) examines the mechanisms for giving the poor of Africa the means to develop their own future – a renaissance which has as its constituent elements environmental sustainability, women’s emancipation and social justice.

Zielgruppe

Academic, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wisner, Ben

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Background and Debate: Need as a Verb, Not a Noun 2. Health For All Means Power For All: Primary Health Care, Basic Services and the Legitimacy of the African State 3. Short-cuts Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: Campaign Approaches to Water Supply, Sanitation and Housing 4. A Child Survival and Development Revolution? UNICEF’s Answer to the ‘Head Wind of Recession’ 5. An African Food Dilemma? National Self-Reliance Versus Family Food Security 6. Rural Development: The Super Shopping List? 7. Basic Needs in Conflict: Technology to the Rescue? 8. Power and Need: Conclusions