Description
In The Right to Development in Africa, Carol Chi Ngang provides a conceptual analysis of the human right to development with a decolonial critique of the requirement to have recourse to development cooperation as a mechanism for its realisation. In his argumentation, the setbacks to development in Africa are not necessarily caused by the absence of development assistance but principally as a result of the lack of an operational model to steer the processes for development towards the highest attainable standard of living for the peoples of Africa. Based on decolonial and capability theories, he posits a shift in development thinking from dependence on development assistance to an alternative model suited to Africa, which he defines as the right to development governance.
Author: Carol Chi Ngang
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 10/25/2022
Pages: 415
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 6.00h x 8.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781642597998
ISBN10: 1642597996
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- Political Science | World | African
- Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries
About the Author
Carol Chi Ngang is Research Associate at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, South Africa. He has published three edited volumes and a broad range of book chapters and journal articles.