Bøger af Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen

As the global south attempts to break free from decades of economic debacles, the discourse in this book on Neo-liberalism is poised to present a seminal position on the way forward from this quagmire. The myth of ¿trickle down¿ economics is soundly debunked by the well-articulated study attempts a precise autopsy of Nigeria political economy affording the reader a unique and un-prejudiced insight into the annals of governance in Nigeria. To put all this in perspective Abdulyakeen examines the political economy of Samir Amin and balances his discourse within the current security quagmire of terrorism in Northern Nigeria. His interrogation of Nigeria China relations expands the scope of the book in relation to foreign policy and the new frontiers of globalization. Against the backdrop of other African countries involvement with Bretton woods institutions the author offers a light in the tunnel. Indeed the book is a unique exercise in not just socio-political analysis and diagnosis but also a brave attempt at suturing the fabric of Nigeriäs political economy.

The book examines a philosophical evaluation of Samir Amin¿s political ideologies within the primism of Neoliberalism and Political Instability in the Global South. Using data generated from secondary sources and descriptive method of analysis, Amin in his writings exposes the weaknesses in contemporary approaches to development and presenting a coherent alternative way of understanding the development of capitalism and its effects on the Third World are Unequal Development. It was discovered that the sophistication and the subtlety with which global forces are manipulated in dealing with these countries are what their political elites hardly understand. For that they put great store on honoring their promises of conforming to policy prescriptions offered by transnational capital. It has been realized that the same ruling elites would permit of no dissenting voices from among the people. Accountability dilemma results: whether more to the owners of capital at the international level or more to the people on whose behalf the state operates.