Neoliberalism And Globalization In Africa: Contestations From The Embattled Continent

Neoliberalism and Globaliz ation in Afr ica Neoliberalism and Globaliz ation in Afr ica C o ntestatio ns from t h e E m b at tl ed C o nti n e n t Edited by Joseph Mensah neoliberalism and globalization in africa Copyright © Joseph Mensah, 2008. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-60781-1 All rights reserved. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-37458-8 DOI 10.1057/9780230617216 ISBN 978-0-230-61721-6 (eBook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: December 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to the cherished memories of the late Ed Osei Kwadwo Prempeh of Carleton University in Ottawa, whose untimely passing occurred on March 3, 2007, and now speaks to us posthumously through his chapter in this volume. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Neoliberalism and Globalization in Africa Joseph Mensah 1 I Polemics from the Embattled Continent 1 Accumulation by Dispossession in Africa: False Diagnoses and Dangerous Prescriptions Patrick Bond 17 2 Cultural Dimensions of Globalization in Africa: A Dialectical Interpenetration of the Local and the Global Joseph Mensah 33 3 The Anticapitalism Movement and African Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization Edward Osei Kwadwo Prempeh 55 4 Gender, States, and Markets in Africa Eunice N. Sahle 71 5 Globalization, Indigenization, and Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa Francis Adu-Febiri 93 6 Africa and the Political Economy of Time-space Compression and Space of Flows: Unfashionable Observations Joseph Mensah 113 7 African States’ NEPAD Project: A Global Elite Neoliberal Settlement Eunice N. Sahle 135 viii Contents II Country Case Studies 8 Globalization, Cybersexuality among Ghanaian Youth, and Moral Panic Wisdom J. Tettey 157 9 Mercantilism and the Struggle for Late Industrialization in an Age of Globalization: A Comparative Analysis of Taiwan and Uganda Julius Kiiza 177 10 Zimbabwean Land Redistribution!: Globalization and Neoliberal Narratives and Transnational Connections Blair Rutherford 203 11 The South African People’s Budget Campaign as a Challenge to Neoliberal Policy Framework and Methodology Carolyn Bassett 221 12 Globalization and Internet Fraud in Ghana: Interrogating the Political Economy of Survival, Subaltern Agency, and Their Ramifications Wisdom J. Tettey 241 Conclusion: Neoliberal Globalization and Africa: Recurrent Themes and a Way Forward Joseph Mensah and Roger Oppong-Koranteng 267 Contributors 271 About the Editor 273 Index 275 Acknowledgments I would like to thank all nine contributors of this volume, not only for their highly audacious scholarship, but also for the