Globalization is not a new phenomenon in the international system. However, the various phases of globalization have had divergent scope, actors, dimensions and dynamics. Against this background, this book focuses on the 'new globalization' a phase that emerged when the Cold War ended.

In this vein, this book identifies some of the frontier issues in Africa - debt, human rights, development, state sovereignty, the environment, democratization, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and communications - that are being impacted by the dynamics of this new globalization.

Preface
Introduction: from the old to the new globalization, George Klay Kieh Jr
The new globalization: nature, scope and dimensions, George Klay Kieh Jr
The new globalozation and debt in Africa, John Mukum Mbaku
Human rights and the new globalization in Africa, E. Ike Udogu
The norms of displacement: NGOs, the state and development in Africa, P.I. Idahosa
State sovereignty and the new globalization in Africa, Jacques Mangala
The new globalization and the environment in Africa, John Mukum Mbaku
The new globalization and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Amy Patterson
Weaving together the threads of the new globalization in Africa: the lessons, George Klay Kieh Jr
Index.