Understanding Africa or Accounting Information Systems

Understanding Africa: A Political Economy Perspective

Author: Richard A A Fredland

Africa is a fascinating, complex, and infuriating place. This valuable work covers a broad range of topics aiming to make Africa comprehensible to the general reader. Richard A. Fredland based this book on his extensive travels and research in many African countries. The author offers a systematic and integrated portrait of the continent and its peoples through detailed analysis of African history, political systems, social, cultural and economic development.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Before the Present Age: History and Geography	13
Ch. 3	The Colonial Experience: Precursor to Subservience	38
Ch. 4	Postindependence Africa	66
Ch. 5	African Development	87
Ch. 6	African Political Systems	122
Ch. 7	African Images of Self: Modernization in the Twentieth Century	139
Ch. 8	Dilemmas of Development	155
Ch. 9	South Africa: A Special Case	185
Ch. 10	Africa and the International System	193
Ch. 11	Problems and Prospects	214
	App. A: General Data for Selected African States	239
	App. B: Measures of Well-being	243
	App. C: African Financial Data	247
	Selected References	251
	Index	255
	Photo Credits	268

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Accounting Information Systems: A Business Process Approach

Author: Frederick L Jones

Succeed in accounting with ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A BUSINESS APPROACH! Problem-solving aids, core cases, and a comprehensive case at the end of the text are just a few of the many tools that make learning and studying easy. Organized and presented in a way that is relevant to you and the role you'll play in your future career as a designer, user, and evaluator of information systems, this AIS textbook provides a strong conceptual foundation in accounting systems and control and helps you develop skills in documenting and analyzing transaction cycles and AIS data, identifying risks and controls, and using accounting applications.