“Show Me the Money”: Asymmetric Globalization and Relative Deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, Amani McHugh and Jalamang Orcutt
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Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue: Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA

Chapter 9 in Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy:Alternative Private Strategies and Public Policies, 2004, pp 195-219 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:The General ArgumentSources of DisagreementsGlobalization in AfricaThe Asymmetry of Africa's GlobalizationResponses to GlobalizationMigration: The brain, brawn, and bride drainsConsumerism: Basic needs versus status consumptionIndividualimsOpportunism and deviance from previous modes of status attainmentConclusionsReferences

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Market Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility/Economic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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