Obioma M. Iheduru (Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia)

Submitted: Mon, 5 March 2001


Dr. Obioma M. Iheduru
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Fort Valley State University
1005 S. University Drive
Fort Valley, Georgia  31030  USA

phone:  (478) 825-6230
fax:    (478) 825-6161
e-mail: iheduruo@mail.fvsu.edu



Active member of: American Political Science Association (APSA) ; African
Studies Association (ASA) ; Nigerian Political Science Association ;
and, West Africa Research Association (WARA)

Teaching area:

African Politics ; Comparative Politics ; International Relations ;
Governments of Developing Countries ; African Political Economy.

Research interests:

Economic policy and development policy in Africa ; economic change and
democratization ; and Africa & globalization.

Publications:  Books

2000.  Contending issues in African development.  Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press.

1999.  Politics of economic restructuring and democracy in Africa.  
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.


Articles

1999.  "The Gambia."  Current world conflicts and confrontations.
Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, forthcoming.

1998.  "Women and political militancy in southeastern nigeria," Journal
of the Georgia Association of Historians.  April, forthcoming.

1998.  "U.S. foreign policy and democracy in post-Cold War Africa,"
Africa update: a newsletter of African studies., vol. 5, no. 3
(Summer 1998): 3-5.

1997.  "Deconstructing the African state: effects of economic change on
political capacity," Proceedings of the 23rd Third World
Conference, December.