Understanding confusion in africa: the politics of multiculturalism and nation-building in cameroon
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1. Verfasser: Fossungu, Peter Ateh-Afac (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Langaa RPCIG 2013
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Beschreibung:Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; Cameroon and Africa; Book's Driving Forces and Importance; The Central Arguments; Chapter 1 -- Advanced Multiculturalism and The February Story: The Politics Of National (Dis) Unity In The Hinge OfAfrica; Issues Experts Want Addressed; Advanced Multiculturalism and the Palm Wine School ofDeconstruction; Defining Culture; Is Culture Without History Culture?; The February Story: Disuniting By Uniting?; The Intimacy of the 1972 and 1984 Name Changes; Disuniting By Uniting One History/Culture?; The 1984 Name or History Case
The 1985/83 Education CaseChapter 2 -- The Perfect Nation is an Anathema toMulticulturalism; (The Usual) Democracy and Collective Participation; Kontchoumeterized Collective Participation and the Case ofThe Educational Systems; Minority Politics and Self-Determination in a UnitaryCentralized State?; The Minority Exchange; The Territory and Population of the Minority; The Educational Systems Are Different But Not Differentand At War?; The Constitution and the Education Domain; The Philosophy of the Education Law
Chapter 3 -- The One-Party System (Or 'Pluralistic Democracy') Isan Abomination to MulticulturalismMonosity: Prerequisite for 'Pluralistic Democracy'?; Sexing Patriotism and Equality: The Illustrative Case of the1997 Legislative and Presidential Elections; The 1990 Multipartism Law and the Irreplaceable One-Party System; On The Justification of the Single-Party State; Deconstructing the Multipartism Law; Chapter 4 -- Colonialism And The Leadership Mess In Africa: When History Is Not Historical -- From Cameroon ToNjangawatar?; On The Importance of History to Development
Theories Drawn From Name-Changing JustificationsFrom Cameroon to Njangawatar?; "Intellectuals in Politics": Questioning the Discoverer Theory?; From Pidgin to Njangawatok?; From Victoria to Limbe: Biculturalism in Cameroon?; From Bilingualism/Bijuralism to Ngoa-Lingualism/Unijuralism; The Purpose and Objectives of Education plus Epsi asPreventing Biculturalism; Chapter 5 -- Leadership Non-Charisma and Non-Challenge of Historic Trivia: The Uniting Of One History Is Why Cameroon Is Not Championing In the DevelopmentBusiness in Africa; Understanding the Political Economy of Cameroon
Original Quality of Cameroon's EnvironmentThe Natural Qualities Of The Cameroon People; Health and Intelligence in Development in Cameroon; Confusioncracy Passing for Balanced Development; The Anglophone Factor and Absence of Known Rules; Turning the English-Speaking into the French; Operating Without Local Governments and an IndependentUmpire; Stifling Industrialization; Developing with Confusing and Incomplete Rules and Laws; The Role of Agriculture and Poverty; Closing Observation; Conclusion; References; Back cover
Cameroon is often considered to be Africaís legendary pathfinder. This book argues essentially that Cameroon cannot competently champion African unity and progress until it can correctly pursue its own multicultural nation-building. Cameroon's success continental-wise would depend on its theory and practice of multiculturalism, as particularly reflected in (1) the rejoicing in its historical diversity and the harmonious co-existence of its Systems of Education which must, of necessity, be linked to (2) effective federalization or decentralization of uniquely cultural matters. Critically examin
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