Globalization & State Capacity in Africa

1 Globalization , Social Policy and the State : An Analsysis of HIV / AIDS in South Africa

Africa and the Challenge of Globalization

Globalization has always affected Africa. The slave trades in East and West Africa profoundly shaped the development of many African societies over hundreds of years. As late as 1923, a company (the British South Africa Company) was still the sovereign authority in one territory (Southern Rhodesia). Today, most African countries are extremely open to the international economy as exports plus im...

Globalization, Culture and Development: Perspectives on Africa

The idea as well as the extensive practices linked to globalization, have had important impacts on the lives of people over the past few decades. The constructiveness or otherwise of this impact seems to have been determined by one’s geographical and, by extension, cultural, educational and developmental locations. In the case of Africa, the majority of the people should be characterized as pra...

Globalization and the Welfare State

The Social State and Globalization

Most commentators agree on one thing: the movement against pension reform is the sign of French society’s reluctance to accept the effects of globalization. What are these effects? Social protection costs a lot and hampers the competitiveness of enterprise, and this clearly means that the fact that French employees benefit from decent pensions, free education, and access to medical care – and i...