East African infrastructural development race
A sign of postmodern Pan-Africanism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12240498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edmond Were (0000-0003-1466-6682, Kisii University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 566-591 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Review of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-7571 • E-ISSN: 1474-449X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09557571.2019.1648382 |
| OpenAlex | W2970060519 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
The large-scale infrastructure projects being implemented in the East African Community (EAC) region portray signs of postmodernism especially as a reaction to and disenchantment with the development models adopted by African countries till the 1980s. Whereas the past model of high modernism focused on transforming national economies through implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects, the current thinking in the EAC focuses on fast tracking not only national development but also regional integration and realising Pan-African continental connectivity for sustainable development. The projects, however, manifest a competitive race amongst the partner states and subscribe to the African Renaissance mantra but push countries into debt entrapment and protracted dependency. Postmodern Pan-Africanism ought to incorporate ‘African content’ in the whole process of infrastructure development. The region’s transport corridors host infrastructure projects that show signs of a paradigm shift from the historical structure of exchange to an integrated regional mode of social and economic exchange. Infrastructure development is contextualised from a historical perspective that locates the viability of the Central, Northern and LAPSSET (Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia–Transport) Corridors in Pan-African connectivity, sustainable development and self-reliance
Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Paradigm shift · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Sociology · Sustainable development · Technocracy · International Development and Aid · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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High Modernism in Theory and Practice
South Africa and the African Renaissance
A Staggered Orientalism
Afro-Pessimism
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |