Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

by James Ferguson

Book Overview

Both on the continent and off, "Africa" is spoken of in terms of crisis: as a place of failure and seemingly insurmountable problems, as a moral challenge to the international community. What, though, is really at stake in discussions about Africa, its problems, and its place in the world? And what should be the response of those scholars who have sought to understand not the "Africa" portrayed in broad strokes in journalistic accounts and policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822337177
• ISBN13: 9780822337171
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"