The right to development in Africa / / Carol Chi Ngang.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 201/11
• VerfasserIn: Ngang, Carol Chi,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 201/11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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. Basing on the decolonial and capability theories, he posits for 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Foreword -- Chapter -- 1. Introduction - Africa's Development Setbacks in Context -- Overview -- Background -- Approach and structure -- 2. Historical Account on the Right to Development -- Introduction -- Origins of the right to development -- Evolution of the right to development -- Conceptual clarity -- Concluding remarks -- 3. Global Dynamics and the Geopolitics of Development Cooperation -- Introduction -- Cooperation framework for development -- Development cooperation and the right to development -- Asserting the right to development in Africa -- Concluding remarks -- 4. A Dispensation for Socio-Economic and Cultural Self-Determination -- Introduction -- Framework for implementation -- Safeguard measures The duty to protect -- Concluding remarks -- 5. Right to Development Governance for Africa -- Introduction -- Incongruities and the complex dynamics in Africa -- Right to development regulatory mechanisms -- Right to development governance -- Concluding remarks -- 6. Conclusion - Right to Development Policy Imperatives for Africa -- Concluding highlights -- Imperative for political action -- Final remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.