| The United Nations and Democracy in Africa: Labyrinths of Legitimacy Contributor(s): Wilson, Zoë (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415979870 ISBN-13: 9780415979870 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: In "The United Nations and Democracy in Africa," Wilson tells the story of the UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sews in four 'most different' African countries (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania). Wilson's original purpose for researching for this book was to uncover new solutions to some of the UN's most vexing implementation problems. Yet, as research unfolded, it became clear that the reasons for those problems lay tangled up in bureaucratic and philosophical quagmires of a much more fundamental nature. The book is the documentation not only of these bureaucratic and philosophical absurdities that find expression through development practice, but also the journey of the author from ardent defender of the UN to profound skeptic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 341.236 |
| LCCN: 2006009431 |
| Series: Studies in International Relations |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.4" W x 9.02" (1.04 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania. Wilson's original purpose for researching this book was to uncover new solutions to some of the United Nations' most vexing implementation problems. Yet, as research unfolded, it became clear that the reasons for those problems lay tangled up in bureaucratic and philosophical quagmires of a much more fundamental nature. The United Nations and Democracy in Africa is the documentation not only of these bureaucratic and philosophical absurdities that find expression through development practice, but also the journey of the author from ardent defender of the UN to profound sceptic. |