Examines the problems faced by Africa as governments decide what to do to improve Africa's ability to contribute to and benefit from globalisation. BNS, 488pp, UK. GREENWOOD PRESS, 0275980200

Globalization is not a new phenomenon in the international system evidenced by the various efforts that have been made over the last several centuries to establish a so-called 'global village' with multiple spheres - cultural, economic, ecological, political, social. However, the various phases of this process have had divergent scope, actors, dimensions and dynamics. This book focuses on the 'new globalization' a phase that emerged when the Cold War ended. Argues that it is the most expansive and technological advanced of all of the phases of globalization and has witnessed the integration of virtually all states of the world and non-state actors into the global capitalist system. This book identifies some of the frontier issues in Africa - debt, human rights, development, state sovereignty, the environment, democratisation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and communications - that are being impacted on by the dynamics of this new globalization. Index, 192pp, UK. ASHGATE.

How can African countries escape from marginalization, deepening impoverishment and state disintegration in the new era of globalization? Fantu Cheru draws on his experience of many different countries to argue for a way beyond the simple state-led versus market-driven approaches to Africa's development. The international financial institutions must stop their heavy-handed interventions and let countries decide their own development paths. Tables, index, 253pp, UK. ZED BOOKS, 184277087X

Ayittey critically examines African economies and development strategies, arguing that a move away from the legacy of foreign colonial powers, and contemporary western trained elites is vital. He highlights instead indigenous African institutions as the way forward. Index, bib, notes, tables, map, xxvi, 483pp, USA. PALGRAVE/MACMILLAN.

A collection of essays which put NEPAD into the broader context of world globalisation and the G-8. Also compares this effort for economic recovery and renewal to the failed recovery plans which have preceded it. App, notes, tables, xi, 214pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 1919810447

Globalization has become one of the most important topics within politics and economics. With the proliferation of communications and the rise of the multi-national corporation, the concept of globalization is vitally important to the modern political environment. The structure of the modern economy, based on information production and diffusion, has made national boundaries largely irrelevant. Explains theories, philosophies and ideologies, and includes short biographies of leading activists, theorists and thinkers such as Noam Chomsky, Karl Marx and Jose Bove. Concepts, issues and terms key to the understanding of globalization also have clear and concise definitions, including democracy, civil society, non-governmental organizations and ethnicity. Index, bib, 298pp, UK. EUROPA PUBLICATIONS.

A collection of essays by seventeen authors from all parts of Africa. Drawing on empirical and historical studies, the contributors elucidate how ordinary Africans understand, confront and relate to competing forces of globalisation. BNS, 250pp, SENEGAL. CODESRIA.

With a Foreword by Samir Amin. This work brings together a collection of very provocative and challenging articles that confront the problems created by wealth. Can there be happiness when wealth is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands? What are the implications of the current trend to commodify everything for the project of human happiness? The contributors to the volume argue that there is a need to change wealth accumulation and its core purpose. They contend that from wealth accumulation the gear must change to wealth alleviation, because the ways the rich become wealthy often correlate with the ways the number of the poor increase. Following from this, they argue that rather than the current focus on poverty allevia-tion, the focus should shift to wealth alleviation because a happy future for all lies in promoting human well-being and removing human ill-being through the spring wells of solidarity and humanity. Index, 288pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY.

The contributors offer interpretations of African cities, from the pre colonial to the modern, set in the context of national and international economy, politics and culture. Cities examined include Elmina, Djenne, Bamako, and the Medieval Swahili city. Other topics discussed include migration, urban history and settlement patterns. Index, notes, refs, maps, figs, b/w illus, xii, 294pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Argues that Structural Adjustment Programmes have produced a tighter dependency than even colonialism achieved, and that unless an equitable international economic order is introduced, poverty and hunger are liable to breed further violence and instability. BNS, 264pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION, 978156475X

An interdisciplinary volume of thirty essays interrogating the view that Africa is a continent on the periphery of the global economy and community of nations. The contributors offer a critique of neoliberal globalisation and its uneven impact on Africa, debating the constraints and opportunities for Africa's political economy and civil society. Index, bib, xxix, 593pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 0865438706

Essays identifying the overall economic trends in the African continent and responses to the impact of an increasingly interdependent world economy. Topics include popular attitudes to economic reform, economic integration, and the place of Africa in the world economy. Refs, tables, graphs, 128pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

A collection of essays dealing with the way modern Africa is approaching issues such as globalization, democracy and development. The book is divided into three parts dealing with Political and Socio-Economic Issues, Environmental Issues and Cultural, Educational and Gender Issues. The main focus is on Eastern and Southern Africa. 379pp, ETHIOPIA. OSSREA, 095212694X

Drawing on the results of non-formal education programmes inspired by Brazils famous educationalist, Freire, particularly non-formal education and literacy programmes in Brazil, Ghana and Tanzania, the author illustrates and advocates the potential of non-formal education as a key component of bottom-up, human-centred development in Africa. Through close examinations of the trajectory of globalisation and its impact on poor countries, unemployment, the linkages between non-formal education and development, and the role of the media in non-formal education, the book argues that non-formal education and functional literacy pro-grammes offer the best prospects of meaningful development in poor countries, some substan-tive critiques of non-formal education notwithstanding. 155pp, GHANA. GHANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A contribution to the debates and analysis of some of the critical issues thrown up by globalisation, covering topics such as: globalisation and the patterns of development in the twentieth century; the nature and meaning of globalisation; the democracy movement and globalisation - Nigeria in perspective; the social and economic impact of globalisation on Nigeria; the socio-cultural impact of globalisation on Nigeria; an analysis of import revenue in Nigeria within the context of globalised trade policy; globalisation - effects on industrial productivity in Nigeria; Nigeria from indigenisation to globalisation; privatisation in a globalised context - the Nigerian experience; globalisation and ecological problems in Nigeria; globalisation and the environment; and the new globalisation era and digitalisation - an economists perspective. 156pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Study of the effects of global influences on local activity in relation to the land laws in some urban and peri-urban localities in three African countries. It begins with a theoretical consideration of the concept of globalization and of the way in which it may inform research in the social scientific study of law. The three chapters which form the core of the book are detailed, empirical studies of the effects of globalizing processes on the living land laws observed in selected communities in Benin, Ghana and Tanzania. Index, maps, 368pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

These eight essays written for the Local Perspectives on Globalisation workshop held in late 1998, discuss the impact of globalisation from an African perspective. The authors of the papers represent economists, lawyers, environmentalists, engineers, sociologists and educationalists. Refs, tables, notes, 154pp, TANZANIA, 9976973896

Africa has been through a particularly ambivalent experience of modernity. Previous research has tended to emphasize its alien nature in Africa and how it has been resisted. This book seeks to show how this tension and the impulse to modernity have contributed to changing African society over the past one hundred years. The contributors look at how Africans negoti-ated the terms of modernity during the colonial period and are dealing with it in the post-colonial period. They argue that the African experience of modernity is unique and relevant for wider social theory, offering valuable analytical insights. The cases presented cover labour, land rights, religious conversion, internal migration, emigration and the African diaspora. Index, 238pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

Comprises the revised texts of a series of three lectures delivered at the University of Ghana in 2002. The first explores globalisation as the product of religion, technology, economy and empire. The second raises questions such as: Is there such a thing as 'global Africa'? Has the 'black experience' itself been globalised, with Ghana as a major actor in that globalisation? How does this relate to the shadow of terrorism and counter-terrorism? The third focuses on some of the key personalities of Africa's anti-colonial history, examining how Africa has sought to move from the shadows of globalization in search of an empowered and constructive role in the global order. 62pp, GHANA. GHANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Globalization can be a force for equality - more people have access to information that can spread awareness and change lives. But it can also be seen as the embodiment of inequality - the rich world's rabid consumption of resources is at the expense of poor countries, forced to cut costs and corners to compete. This guide condenses this complex world into a clear, concise commentary. It examines the debt trap; the acceleration of neoliberalism and the 'free trade' model; competition for energy resources; the links between the 'war on terror', the arms trade and privatization. And the new final chapter examines civil society alternatives to corporate globalization, including the World Social Forum, Make Poverty History campaign and trade justice initiatives. Index, 144pp, UK. NEW INTERNATIONALIST.

For decades many African countries have implemented the structural adjustment programs of the Bretton Woods Institutions, but the results have been unsatisfactory. This book presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue, with the authors using as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. xiv, 176pp. Bib, index. USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A detailed study of the implication of globalisation and post-coloniality in Africa and in the production of academic texts about Africa. Looking at wide range of issues the author makes a thorough critique of modern cultural and theoretical trends. Index, bib, xi, 500pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592210384

Offers a panorama of social resistances to neoliberal globalization in the South. Writers and activists from forty different countries or regions offer snapshots of the latest mobilizations, from the anti-privatization groups in South Africa and the anti-WTO campaign of peasants in India, to the indigenous movement behind Evo Morales in Bolivia. The book focuses on a range of diverse popular struggles that impact on democratic and development process, yet receive little public attention or are caricatured by mainstream media. It reveals collective tensions through-out those societies whose material bases have been profoundly shaken by a series of adjust-ments dictated by the canons of the globalized economy. Relevant African cases are: Subsaha-ran Africa - Demba Moussa Dembele; Botswana - Ian Taylor; Cameroon - Yves Alexandre Chouala; Congo - Sylvestre Kambaza; Kenya - Frank Matanga; Mozambique - Tereza Cruz e Silva; Nigeria - Femi Aborisade; Niger - Mahaman Tidjani; Senegal - Demba Moussa Dembele; South Africa - Fiona White; North Africa/Middle East - S. Ben Néfissa; Algeria - A. Nasser; Egypt - Azza Khalil. 176pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

An analysis of the effects of globalisation on existing problems of governance in Africa and possible solutions which would not decrease trade or investment, but unbind African countries from debt and dependence. Tables, notes, 53pp, UK. FOREIGN POLICY CENTRE, 1903558298