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- Stream:
- Series H: The State, Local Institutions and Memorialisation
- Location:
- GR 274
- Start time:
- 11 September, 2008 at
Time zone: Europe/London
- Session slots:
- 1
Short Abstract:
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Long Abstract:
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Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper long abstract:
Author: Asha Samad
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Paper long abstract:
Author: N. Sangmpam ( Syracuse University)
As an anthropological category, ethnicity has political and socioeconomic implications. In the post-Soviet era, it is prominently featured in both Western and non-Western countries. But its effects are still more vividly felt in non-Western countries than they are in western countries. I argue that, in contrast to North Africa, Asia, and South America, ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa contains built-in equality, whose consequences are, paradoxically not necessarily positive. Such equality results from the horizontal relationship among different sub-Saharan ethnic groups as opposed to the vertical relationship that characterizes ethnic groups in these other developing and non-western regions. The focus of the paper is to demonstrate this horizontality vs verticality.
Paper long abstract:
Author: Gloria Emeagwali (Central Connecticut State University)
Numerous studies have been done on the impact of the Structural Adjustment Programs of the 1980s and 1990s on Africa. Few have discussed the relationship between these programs, corporate America and US foreign policy. In this paper we examine, first of all, some of the US interest groups, networks, institutions and mechanisms that have influenced decision making, with respect to the SAPs. The interconnections between the IMF, the World Bank and US domestic and foreign policy are also examined. In the course of discussion we also reflect on the neo-con offensive of the Reagan- Bush and Bush- Cheney administrations, America's propensity towards deficit spending, and the direct implications of these developments for US foreign policy, the SAPs and Africa.