Africa in Transformation: Political and Economic Transformation and Socio-Political Responses in Africa. Vol.2 – Political and Economic Reforms, Transformations and Gender Issues

Contents 

• The Contributors

• Acknowledgment 

• Introduction

Kwesi Kwaa Parah and Abdel Ghaffar Mohammed Ahmed

•  Culture and Productivity

• Exploration into the Culture Dimensions of African Productivity

J.C. Munene, Shalom Schwartz, Peter  Smith, Grace Kibanja, Debo Akanda and Matin Udwin

•  The Welfare State of Trial

• The Trumph of Locken Politics in Africa

Akiiki B. Majaju

•  Civil Service Reform in Uganda

• A Critical analysis of the Implementation and its Socio-economic Impact

Nankunda Hilda Kalekyeze

•  Traditional Leaders in the Decentralization Process

• Civil Society, Indigenous Populist Institutions and Implications for Political Reforms in Uganda

Rebecca Mukyala-Makiika

•  The Rise of the Woman Traders Movement in Uganda

Marion Z. Namunyolo

•  The Nature of Economic Reforms in Tanzania and Botswana A Comparative Analysis

Diana Makule

• Tradition and Modernity in Our Times

• A Comparative Perspective on the Western Experience and its Implications for Africa

Herbert.W: Vilakazi

•  Economic Liberalisation and Civil Society in Sudan, 1989-1995

Atta El-Battahani

•  Pauperisation of the Middle Class in Sudan Adjustments to Structural Adjustment

Ibrahim Mohamed G. Sahal

•  Authoritarian Populism and Democratisation in Ethiopia

Merera Gudina

•  The Political Economy of Democratisation in Swaziland

Ackson M. Kanduza

•  Political Culture and the Limits of Institutional Reforms

• Implications for the Future of the Democratisation Process in Zambia

Jotham C. Momba

•  Incorporating Women in Development The Namibian Experience, 1990-1996

Annelie Odendaal

•  The Participation of Women in Political

Fetenu Bekele

•  The Economic Structural Adjustment Programmes in Zimbabwe

• Their Impact on the Gender Dimensions of the Urban Informal Sector in Harare

Neddy R. Matshalaga

•  The Effects of Structural Adjustment Programmes on Women’s Health in Kenya

Eunice Kamaara

•  Gender Sensitivity and Development in Health Policies

• A Case study of HIV/AIDS Policies in Kenya

Henrica Nasirumbi

•  Poverty and Food Insecurity in Tanzania

• A Gender Perspective

Stephen M. Kapunda

•  Consolidated Biography

•  Pastoralists and Environment: Experiences from the Greater Horn of Africa.

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