Between 1960 and 2020, the population of West Africa will have increased fivefold, even with the most optimistic assumptions of increased contraceptive use. This unprecedented demographic explosion is accompanied by another major change: Exposure to the world economy, that began after World War...

The Gnassingbé clan has ruled the country since 1967. The demand for political alternance, initiated by institutional and electoral reforms, constituted the major contentious issue between the government and the challengers of the Gnassingbé regime throughout the survey period. An alliance of...

Globalization is not a new phenomenon; women throughout the world have been dealing with the circumstances and consequences of an international economy long before the advent of the transnational corporate conglomerate. However, in a mercenary example of the tried clich "the more things change,...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Contributors -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Paths through socio-economic change, livelihoods and development in West African worlds -- 2 Regional...

Introduction -- The Orthodoxy of Family Care -- Changes in Aging in the Rural Towns of the Eastern Region -- Heterodox Ideas of Elder Care: From Nursing Homes to Savings -- Alterodox Practices of Elder Care: Domestic Service and Neighborliness -- "Loneliness Kills": Stimulating Sociality among...