Japan, a Model and a Partner : Views and Issues in African Development

Publication/Creation:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2006

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Japan, a Model and a Partner : Views and Issues in African Development / edited by Seifudein Adem

Series Titles:

International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 98
International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 98.

Variant Titles:

Views and Issues in African Development

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Additional Author/Creators:

Adem, Seifudein, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Economic history
International economic relations
Africa--Foreign economic relations--Japan
Japan--Economic conditions
Japan--Foreign economic relations--Africa

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Foreword -- Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo -- Editors Introduction -- S. Adem -- 1. Meiji Japan as a Model for Africa's Economic Development -- E. Wayne Nafziger -- 2. TICAD after Ten Years: A Preliminary Assessment and Proposals for the Future -- Shinsuke Horiuchi -- 3. Japan and Africa after the Cold War -- Jun Morikawa -- 4. Education and Modernization: An Examination of the Experiences of Japan and Ethiopia -- Getachew Felleke -- 5. Nigeria's Fledgling Friendship with Japan: The Beginning of a 'Special Partnership'? -- Kweku Ampiah -- 6. Japanese Contribution to Malaysian Economic Development: Lessons for Africa -- Toyomu Masaki -- 7. "Perversion de l'Histoire": George Balandier, his disciples, and African History in Japan -- John Edward Philips -- 8. Is Japan's Cultural Experience Relevant for Africa's Development? -- Seifudein Adem -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Summary:

In the closing years of the 19th century, the Japanese decided they should modernize economically without culturally westernizing, and they succeeded. Following de-colonization, Africans also pursued the goal of achieving economic modernization without cultural westernization. To some extent, however, Africa became westernized culturally, but failed to attain economic modernization. How can we explain Africa's failure and Japan's success? The book addresses these issues from a variety of perspectives also in relation to economic interactions between Africa and Japan and Africa's place in Japan's diplomacy and academic discourse.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

General Note:

"Formerly published in journal 'African and Asian studies' AAS vol. 4, no. 4, 2005. Special issue: Africa and the Japanese experience. Guest editor: Seifudein Adem"--T.p. verso.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936713153502486

ISBN:

1-281-39998-1
9786611399986
90-474-1043-2

OCLC Number:

290584425
923612620

Other Identifiers:

DOI: 10.1163/9789047410430