Development and the African Diaspora Place and the Politics of Home

by Mercer, Claire; Page, Ben; Evans, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781842779019
• ISBN10: 184277901X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: ZED BOOKS

Summary

This innovative book examines the relationship between African "civil society" and "home association" networks in the diaspora. Remittances home via these networks outweigh official development assistance. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors argue that building "civil society" in Africa must be understood in tandem with the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some '"homes" are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty.

Author Biography

Claire Mercer is a Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leicester, UK. Ben Page is a lecturer at University College London. Martin Evans has undertaken consultancy and advisory work for the Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Overseas Development Institute, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo and Chatham House. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Juche Nation - Beloved Leaders, Brilliant Thoughts, Power Cuts and Empty Shelves

A Normal Day in Pyongyang

The Juche State - Political Theory in North Korea

The Revolutionary Dynasty - Leadership in North Korea

The Economics of North Korea - Chollima, Speed Battles, Collapse and Famine

Economics Pyongyang Style - Command and Control

The Worst of Times - Food, Famine & the Arduous March

The Start of a Sort of Reform - Change & Regime Survival

The Reality of Reform - A Case Study of Sinuiju

Diplomacy and Military - Foreign Relations, Nuclear Crisis and Self-Defence

Don't Poke the Snake - US-DPRK Relations

Nuclear Ambitions Revealed - Bluster, Brinkmanship or Battle?

Something Different Emerges - Military-First

Change, Collapse and Reunification

One Korea - The Dream of Reunification

The End is Nigh - How Will the Story of the DPRK Finish?

Conclusion - The World's Most Dangerous Tripwire

Postscript

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