Renewing the Promise

Julius Fondong

Description

n this very riveting and well-researched essay, Julius Fondong ruminates on the continued relevance of the promises and principles that underpinned the creation of the post-colonial Cameroon nation-state, sixty years after unification in 1961. Renewing the Promise: A Treatise on the Refoundation of the Cameroon Nation chronicles Cameroon's experiment in statehood; an experiment, which according to the author, sprung out of a desire and a promise to forge a new nation through the fusion of two territories with contrasting historical experiences and colonial legacies. Writing from the vantage position of a policy analyst, a governance expert, and a conflict management practitioner, Fondong contends that a combination of policy inconsistencies, imperial arrogance, institution capture, leadership deficiencies and the brazen travesties of the nation's foundational principles and promises has led to violent internal dissent, decreased state capacity for public service delivery and a development gridlock. So, what can be done to re-align the nation to its founding promises and save it from possible disintegration?
Fondong proposes an overarching, governance-based praxis for the re-engineering of the Cameroon nation from the bottom up. His proposed remedy is predicated on the principles of decentralized governance, the redistribution of power in a manner that addresses the right to self-determination of Anglophone Cameroonians, enhanced public service delivery and a strategic shift from a transactional to a transformational leadership paradigm. Renewing the Promise is a thought-provoking and captivating political essay, written with exhilarating passion and prototypical clarity. It can serve as a blueprint for a much-needed reform of Cameroon's governance architecture.

Sujets

• Political Science
• General officer
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Informations

• Publié par: Spears Media Press
• Date de parution: 12 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781942876960
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Renewing the Promise

Renewing the Promise

A Treatise on the Refoundation of the Cameroon Nation

Julius Nyamkimah Fondong

Śéàŝ ôôŝ éé, Çôôàô

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ô à ô ŝ ûçàô à é éôûçé, ŝûé, ô àŝé  à ô ô  à éàŝ, çû ôôçô, éçô, ô ôé ééçôç ô éçàçà éôŝ, ôû é ô é éŝŝô ô é ûŝé, éxçé  é çàŝé ô é qûôàôŝ éôé  ççà ééŝ à çéà ôé ôçôéçà ûŝéŝ éé  çô à. ô éŝŝô éqûéŝŝ, é ô é ûŝé, àéŝŝé “Āéô: éŝŝôŝ Çôôàô,” à é àôé àéŝŝ.

à ô Çôéŝŝ Çôô ûé: 2022940634 Ś: 9781942876953 (àéàç) Ś: 9781942876960 (éôô)

Śéàŝ Méà éŝŝ àŝ ô éŝôŝ ô é éŝŝéçé ô àççûàç ô ûŝ ô éxéà ô -à éé éŝéŝ ééé ô  ŝ ûçàô, à ôéŝ ô ûààéé à à çôé ô ŝûç éŝéŝ ŝ, ô  éà, àççûàé ô àôàé.

éŝé à éŝé  Śéàŝ Méà éŝŝ Ç Çôé éŝé  ô Kàé

ŝûé ôà  Āçà ôôŝ Çôéçé (ĀÇ) .àçàôôŝçôéçé.çô

hîs book îs dedîcated to my ater, Ba S.A. Fondong, a government accoun- tant wo, în my ormatîve years, încucated în me te vaues o întegrîty, persona responsîbîîty, mora probîty and accountabîîty în te management o pubîc afaîrs. hese vaues ave deIned wo ï am, and are te backbone o my pubîc stewardsîp.

Contents

Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations

Chapter One Introduction: Promises Broken, Trust Betrayed

Chapter Two he State of Play

Chapter Three Untangling tHe Decentralization Conundrum

Chapter Four he Imperative of Public Service Reform

Chapter Five Envisioning a New Political LeadersHip Paradigm

Chapter Six Conclusion: Looking AHead witH Optimism

Bibliography Index

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Foreword

 éé é çŝŝ ô ééôé à éôçàç  Çàéôô, Jûûŝ  ôô ééçŝ ô é çŝŝ ô ŝàéôô à ééôé  Āçà, ûŝ é éàà ô é éàŝ ô ôŝé, ŝà à û à àéé é ôàô ô é ééà éûç ô Çàéôô  1961. Hé ôô ŝ àôû Çàéôô. û  çôû àŝô é é ŝô ô é éàà ô é éà éà à ôŝé.  çôû àŝ é é é ŝô ô Gûéà, Mà, Çôé ’ôé, ô à ô é éŝ ô ôé Āçà çôûéŝ éŝ  é ŝàé àûé ô àçûé ŝôçà ŝôé. Héŝé çôûéŝ àé àç ô éxéà à éà àéŝŝô. Hé àé à  éxéé ôé àŝ é àŝ éxéé ŝôçà ŝà. Ā é à ŝôçô-éçôôç à ôçà çŝéŝ ŝéé ô éé ô é àûé ô é ôû.  à à, ôé çôû àûé à éŝé çôûéŝ àé ôûé ô à. M. ôô ŝééŝ ô ûéŝà é àûé ô ŝ àûé à ô é çà é ôû ô .  ôçûŝ ô é Çàéôô ààŝ, é éàŝ  ŝôé ô é à çàûŝéŝ ô Āçà ŝàé àûé. Hé çé é ô ŝ ôô ŝ à  ééŝ à ŝôé ŝô ô Çàéôô  ôà ûŝéŝ à ûéà é éàŝôŝ ô é ŝûçô ô à ôŝ Āçà çôû. Hé éôéçà àéô ô ŝ ààŝŝ ŝ ûéŝà éôû ô é àçàé ô à ô Çàéôô’ŝ éôŝ ô àé çôé ôû é ôçà jôûéŝ éà é ûé ô ŝà çôôà éàç. Śôé ô é ààŝéŝ à àç ô é àûé ô Çàéôôà éàéŝ ô éà  à Çôûà’ŝ éôé àôôôŝ, Màôô Màà, çàé ‘é éàç ô àé çôôàŝ’. Hà ŝ, é àûé ô éçôŝûç à éçôŝûé é é- àé ŝàé ŝûçûé éqûéàé  çôôàŝ. ŝéà ô éôçààô, é ô éçéàé çàôŝ. Hé éŝû ŝ à é ‘ŝûéŝŝé’ ‘éç’ ŝ î à ààŝ àé àô-ŝàé. Hŝ ŝ é ŝô ô Çàéôô àŝ é àŝ ûç ô Āçà. Ā éé àŝ ôô çàûéŝ ŝ ûéŝà àôô ô é Āçà ŝàé ôé, é ôé çôéxûàéŝ ŝ ôçé ŝô é çà ŝéà éàû ô é éçûàéŝ ô é Çàéôôà çôô. W à ààô à ŝ ôŝ çôôé, éé  ŝôééŝ éxûéà,

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