Africa and globalization: Marginalization and resistance

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-28

  Gibson, Nigel C ^a,b,c  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Globalization; NEPAD; New humanism; Subsistence; World Bank

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; GLOBALIZATION; MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 26444587462     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909604048244     Document Type: Article

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