Layman's Primer on Stock Investment - Softcover

El Shamsy, Hassan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581126972 ISBN 13: 9781581126976

Publisher: Universal Publishers, 2001

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Book by El Shamsy, Hassan

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Although democracy, the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights are the defining idioms of contemporary state governance and international relations, they are hardly commonplace in Africa. In domestic environments severely degraded by abuse of power and rebellion, what kind of existence do African leaders give to their people? Can they proclaim rights for their citizens in international instruments but behave in ways that are diametrically opposite? What future has democracy when the last election was a rogue one and the incumbent regime the beneficiary? Sierra Leone, whose civil conflict enters its tenth year in March 2001, carries the unenviable status of playing host to the world's largest peacekeeping force. Yet there is still no lasting peace in a conflict that has determined not so much who is right or wrong as who is left.

What went wrong? What has been the role of regional and international actors? What lessons are there for them? What can foreign governments, international organisations, diplomats, lawyers, politicians and students learn from it? What is the best way out of the quagmire? What can be done to avoid similar conflicts in the world in general and Africa in particular? These are some of the key issues discussed by Dr Abass Bundu in his book, Democracy by Force?

About the Author:

HASAN M. EL-SHAMY is Professor of Folklore in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the African Studies Program at Indiana University. His research and publications introduced a number of innovative approaches to the study of traditional cultures in general and Arabic communities in particular. Among these are the concepts and research methodology of "Folkloric Behavior," and "The Brother Sister Syndrome" in Arab family life and psychological practices. His works apply principles of cognitive psychology and social structure as analytical tools for the identification and classification of sociocultural phenomena by motif and tale-type. His publications include several interdisciplinary reference works and scores of articles in English, German, and Arabic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Universal Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1581126972
• ISBN 13: 9781581126976
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380