Standing Tall: Can Isolationism Be the Panacea to Africa's Problems?
ISBN: 978-1-80043-269-7, eISBN: 978-1-80043-268-0
Publication date: 30 November 2020
Abstract
The chapter examines the simultaneous rise of a new spirit of isolationism amid the increasing role of globalization of business and economic activity. It focuses on the competing claims regarding whether Africa could be better off or not in the light of the current isolationist views being expressed by some world leaders and countries. The chapter’s importancve lies in the fact that it contributes to a discussion which has been of considerable concern to many people of late. Whilst it is still too early to predict the long-term effect on the current isolationist policies by some developed countries, it is quite clear that Africa will lose the attention of the world in view of the recent happenings. Ironically, the uncertainty and disruption underway could also provide the needed impetus that can propel the continent to assume responsibility for itself and thereby strife to develop itself more efficiently and effectively than it has ever done.
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Citation
Sarpong, S. (2020), "Standing Tall: Can Isolationism Be the Panacea to Africa's Problems?", Crowther, D. and Quoquab, F. (Ed.) CSR in an age of Isolationism (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 16), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 93-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-052320200000016006
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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