Africa's New Public Policy: Imperatives for Globalisation & Nation-building in NigeriaAfricaís New Public Policy: Imperatives for Globalisation and Nation-building provides a comprehensive analysis of globalisation and democracy, from an African perspective. It also provides policy imperatives that are aimed at seeking solutions to the myriad challenges emanating from managing the consequences of globalisation in Nigeria and other African countries. The author attempts to determine the extent to which public administration principles ñ in Nigeria in particular, and the rest of Africa in general, as well as in other parts of the developing world ñ underpin the management of the effects of globalisation within a democracy and nation building projects. Africaís New Public Policy will not only be a useful resource for public policy decision-making on globalisation issues, but it will also serve as a credible reference material for public sector practitioners, scholars in international relations, as well as officials involved in the diplomatic work environment. It also includes a comparative analysis on how Nigeria and South Africa have handled some of the globalisation and democratisation challenges facing their respective countries under the administrations of Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki respectively. |
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 Public decisionmaking | 5 |
CHAPTER 3 Ethnicity race and nations | 29 |
A critique | 39 |
CHAPTER 5 Globalisation versus public ethics and interest | 51 |
CHAPTER 6 Globalisation democratisation and nationbuilding | 63 |
CHAPTER 7 Global strategic alliances | 83 |
CHAPTER 8 Unfettered globalisation | 93 |
CHAPTER 9 Localisation versus globalisation | 111 |
CHAPTER 10 Policy lessons on globalisation | 129 |
Back Cover | 139 |
Common terms and phrases
Abuja achieve African Union alternative approach argued capital choices civil society Commonwealth of Nations Community-supported agriculture competition comprehensive rationality concept of globalisation context culture decision-making process decisions democracy democratic government democratisation developing countries domestic economic activities economic development economic policies ECOWAS effects environment ethnic groups Federal foreign Fulanis global economy globalisation initiatives globalisation process goals government of Nigeria Hausa-Fulani Hausas human development implies important to note including Nigeria institutions integration interests international community investment involved issues loans localisation major ment military mixed scanning multinational corporate neo-liberal NGOs Nigerian economic Nigerian government nomic Non-aligned Movement Obasanjo Olusegun Obasanjo organisations participation policy-making political power centres President pressure groups problems production programmes promote public decision-making public policy regional role sector self-interest self-reliance social South Africa structural sustainable theory Third World tion trade transnational World Bank World Trade Organisation Yoruba