Structural Adjustment, Authoritarianism and Human Rights in Africa

Ibhawoh, Bonny

doi:10.1215/1089201x-19-1-158

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“…Therefore, the common community ideology is simply an ideology of class system. Ibhawoh (1999) subsumes thus:…”

Section: The Basic Problems Of Common Community Ideologymentioning

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Common humanity not common community: The solution to global crisis

Okoro¹

2013

Afri. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.

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Is a peaceful world an impossible dream? This is one of the most mind wafting questions of the contemporary era. The contemporary period is dotted with both minor and major conflicts and wars. Therefore, scholars are afraid that with the trend and ferocity of the phenomenon, humanity stands the risk of going into obliteration. To check this insidious phenomenon, men developed several sociopolitical and religious ideologies. One of the major attempts towards this direction is the forming of several alliances and unions that will bring individuals together into community. The most important phase of this unionization of mankind is globalization-global village-ideology. This aims at bringing the whole human race into one organic family, with market as the controlling force. Notably, the globalization also known as "Common Community" in this work did not produce the required miracle as wars and conflicts have become a common place. Against the backdrop of the failure of common community ideology, we therefore propose a new ideology that can yield the peace dividend to the world. This ideology is "Common Humanity". This emphasizes the essence of human nature as a common factor that unites humanity to common fate. It is anchored on care, respect, reciprocity and human values. It accentuates unity in diversity rather than uniformity. This paper, having taken historical as well as documentary survey of the contemporary society, underscores that if shareholders in the world of politics will adopt this common humanity paradigm, humanity, will in short time, experience a peaceful world of her dream.

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“…Therefore, the common community ideology is simply an ideology of class system. Ibhawoh (1999) subsumes thus:…”

Section: The Basic Problems Of Common Community Ideologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Common humanity not common community: The solution to global crisis

Okoro¹

2013

Afri. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.

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“…When SAP lending was introduced by the IMF in the 1980s, 24 African countries embarked upon the programme with the aim of improving poor policies that accounted for the 15 percent decline in Africa's GDP per capita between 1977and 1985(World Bank, 1994. By 1993, SAPs were being implemented in 36 Sub-Saharan African debtor countries (Ibhawoh, 1999). The adoption and implementation of the ERP/SAP in Ghana from mid-1983 ironically earned Ghana the title of "darling of the Bank/IMF".…”

Section: What Made Ghana/rawlings the Darling Of The Bank/imf?mentioning

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The Role of the International Community in Ghana’s Democratic Transition in the 1990s

Gyekye-Jandoh

2017

Legon J. Hum.

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This article argues that Ghana's democratization took place through a two-stage process, where the first stage saw the international community play a more dominant role leading up to Ghana's transition in 1992. Rawlings' decision to democratize was the outcome of a rare convergence of domestic and international pressures. In the first stage, international forces provided the structural context for political reform. There are two facets of the international impact: snowballing/demonstration effect, and implicit political conditionality. Evidence is given to show that it was only when snowballing and implicit political conditionality held sway over Rawlings that the transition to democracy was given a boost.

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“…By 1993, all of West Africa, including 36 countries south of the Saharan, was under structural adjustment programs. The SAP was also aimed at setting the economies of affected countries back to the path of sustainable growth (Ibhawoh 1999). In principle, the underlying objectives of SAP policies was to achieve accelerated long-term economic growth by restructuring the economy; reducing government interference (WHO 2012), and freedom from debts servicing (Abouharb and Cingranelli 2007:3).…”

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“…Thus, the situation of abuses during the period 2006-2010 as indicated in Table 1, has been generally low for the majority of countries (Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali). Four of these countries (Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and the Gambia) are among the six countries often quoted by the IMF/ World Bank as those that experience the strongest recovery in economic performance for implementing SAP (Ibhawoh 1999;World Bank 1994). But where there were political instabilities as in Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria and Guinea, the frequencies of abuses remained high.…”

Section: Structural Adjustment Policies and The Frequencies Of Human mentioning

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Rethinking the Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Human Rights Violations in West Africa

Fonjong

2014

Perspect Global Dev Technol

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In this article I argue that the worsening human rights situation of West Africa in the early 1990s was largely the creation of the structural adjustment policies (SAP) of the IME/World Bank. The austerity measures implemented through SAP plunged the region into hardship, forcing the population to demand better living conditions through public demonstrations and protests. Attempts by the West African states to contain protesters led to further human rights abuses. The implementation of a common liberalization policy across board without taking into account the specificities of each country was counterproductive. In fact, some of the excesses recorded could have been avoided if SAPs had been country specific and human rights-based.

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Structural Adjustment, Authoritarianism and Human Rights in Africa

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

Common humanity not common community: The solution to global crisis

Common humanity not common community: The solution to global crisis

The Role of the International Community in Ghana’s Democratic Transition in the 1990s

Rethinking the Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Human Rights Violations in West Africa

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