The Trampled Grass - Tributary States and Self-Reliance in the Indian Ocean Zone

After the initial exhilaration of independence, many African nations have had to face ongoing crisis and witness their hopes for a better life recede into the indefinite future. In his new book, George Sheperd looks beyond standard cold-war interpretations and conventional North-South development analysis for an explanation not only of the plight of African nations, but of the means to remedy it. His thesis of subordination to continuing superpower dominance offers striking new insights into the debt, famine, war, racism, and human rights violations that plague Third World countries.

About the author

GEORGE W. SHEPHERD, JR. is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Consortium on Human Rights Development at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. He has published widely in the fields of African Studies and Human Rights, including Emerging Human Rights (Greenwood, 1990) and The Trampled Grass: Tributary States and Self-Reliance in the Indian Ocean Zone of Peace (Praeger, 1987).

Product details

• Authors: George W. Shepherd Jr., George W. Shepherd, Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.1987
• EAN: 9780313257728
• ISBN: 978-0-313-25772-8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Indian Ocean, Race and Ethnicity