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Child Soldiers in Africa
Häftad, 2007
345 kr
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Young people have been at the forefront of political conflict in many parts of the world, even when it has turned violent. In some of those situations, for a variety of reasons, including coercion, poverty, or the seductive nature of violence, children become killers before they are able to grasp …
Democratic Republic of Congo
Between Hope and Despair
Av Michael Deibert, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2013
268 kr
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Over the past two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been at the centre of the deadliest series of conflicts since the Second World War, and now hosts the largest United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world. In this compelling book, acclaimed journalist Michael Deibert paints a …
Child Soldiers in Africa
E-bok, 2011
424 kr
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Young people have been at the forefront of political conflict in many parts of the world, even when it has turned violent. In some of those situations, for a variety of reasons, including coercion, poverty, or the seductive nature of violence, children become killers before they are able to grasp …
Makers and Breakers
Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa
Av Filip De Boeck, Alcinda Honwana m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
335 kr
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Presents a range of views on the lives of young people around Africa.This book contributes to a theoretical, ethnographic and historical understanding of issues concerning children, youth, agency, locality, globalization and identity from the past to the postcolony and beyond. As such the authors …
Chocolate Nations
Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa
Häftad, 2012
187 kr
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Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury.From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic …
Great African Land Grab?
Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System
Av Lorenzo Cotula, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2013
1273 kr
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Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world. Land that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest is now being sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of …
Democratic Republic of Congo
Between Hope and Despair
Av Michael Deibert, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2013
1311 kr
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Over the past two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been at the centre of the deadliest series of conflicts since the Second World War, and now hosts the largest United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world. In this compelling book, acclaimed journalist Michael Deibert paints a …
Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa
Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance
Av Marc Epprecht, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2013
260 kr
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The persecution of people in Africa on the basis of their assumed or perceived homosexual orientation has received considerable coverage in the popular media in recent years. Gay-bashing by political and religious figures in Zimbabwe and Gambia; draconian new laws against lesbians and gays and …
Sexuality and Social Justice in Africa
Rethinking Homophobia and Forging Resistance
Av Marc Epprecht, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2013
1273 kr
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The persecution of people in Africa on the basis of their assumed or perceived homosexual orientation has received considerable coverage in the popular media in recent years. Gay-bashing by political and religious figures in Zimbabwe and Gambia; draconian new laws against lesbians and gays and …
Great African Land Grab?
Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System
Av Lorenzo Cotula, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2013
260 kr
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Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world. Land that only a short time ago seemed of little outside interest is now being sought by international investors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of …
Youth and Revolution in Tunisia
Av Alcinda Honwana, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2013
282 kr
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The uprising in Tunisia has come to be seen as the first true revolution of the twenty-first century, one that kick-started the series of upheavals across the region now known as the Arab Spring. In this remarkable work, Alcinda Honwana goes beyond superficial accounts of what occurred to explore …
Youth and Revolution in Tunisia
Av Alcinda Honwana, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2013
1311 kr
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The uprising in Tunisia has come to be seen as the first true revolution of the twenty-first century, one that kick-started the series of upheavals across the region now known as the Arab Spring. In this remarkable work, Alcinda Honwana goes beyond superficial accounts of what occurred to explore …
Youth and Revolution in Tunisia
E-bok, 2013
305 kr
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The uprising in Tunisia has come to be seen as the first true revolution of the twenty-first century, one that kick-started the series of upheavals across the region now known as the Arab Spring. In this remarkable work, Alcinda Honwana goes beyond superficial accounts of what occurred to explore …
Youth and Revolution in Tunisia
E-bok, 2013
305 kr
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The uprising in Tunisia has come to be seen as the first true revolution of the twenty-first century, one that kick-started the series of upheavals across the region now known as the Arab Spring. In this remarkable work, Alcinda Honwana goes beyond superficial accounts of what occurred to explore …
Africa Uprising
Popular Protest and Political Change
Av Adam Branch, Zachariah Mampilly m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
274 kr
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From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular protest. Widespread urban uprisings by youth, the unemployed, trade unions, activists, writers, artists, and religious groups are challenging injustice and inequality. What is …
Africa's New Oil
Power, Pipelines and Future Fortunes
Av Celeste Hicks, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2015
260 kr
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The development of Africa’s oil has greatly accelerated in recent years, with some countries looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets. But the story of African oil has usually been associated with conflict, corruption and disaster, with older …
Africa's New Oil
Power, Pipelines and Future Fortunes
Av Celeste Hicks, Alcinda Honwana m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1273 kr
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The development of Africa’s oil has greatly accelerated in recent years, with some countries looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets. But the story of African oil has usually been associated with conflict, corruption and disaster, with older …
Africa
Why Economists Get It Wrong
Av Morten Jerven, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2015
282 kr
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‘A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.’Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
Africa
Why Economists Get It Wrong
Av Morten Jerven, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2015
1311 kr
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‘A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.’Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its …
Congo's Environmental Paradox
Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty
Av Theodore Trefon, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2016
274 kr
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has the natural resources the world needs – it is crucial to satisfying our craving for the latest high-tech gadgets; the Inga Dam could light up all of Africa; while Congo’s farmers could feed a billion people. These realities are redefining the country’s strategic …
Congo's Environmental Paradox
Potential and Predation in a Land of Plenty
Av Theodore Trefon, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2016
1273 kr
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has the natural resources the world needs – it is crucial to satisfying our craving for the latest high-tech gadgets; the Inga Dam could light up all of Africa; while Congo’s farmers could feed a billion people. These realities are redefining the country’s strategic …
Congo's Violent Peace
Conflict and Struggle Since the Great African War
Av Kris Berwouts, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2017
1273 kr
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Despite a massive investment of international diplomacy and money in recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a conflict-ridden and volatile country, its present situation the result of a series of rebellions, international interventions and unworkable peace agreements.In Congo's …
Taxing Africa
Coercion, Reform and Development
Av Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
196 kr
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Taxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax …
Taxing Africa
Coercion, Reform and Development
Av Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1311 kr
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Taxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax …
Ebola
How a People's Science Helped End an Epidemic
Av Paul Richards, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2016
239 kr
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Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018From December 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. By the middle of 2014, the international community was gripped by hysteria. Experts grimly predicted …
Ebola
How a People's Science Helped End an Epidemic
Av Paul Richards, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2016
1311 kr
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Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018From December 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. By the middle of 2014, the international community was gripped by hysteria. Experts grimly predicted …
State of Rebellion
Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic
Av Louisa Lombard, Alcinda Honwana
Häftad, 2016
302 kr
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Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins.In this first comprehensive account of the country’s …
State of Rebellion
Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic
Av Louisa Lombard, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2016
1273 kr
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Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins.In this first comprehensive account of the country’s …
Women and the War on Boko Haram
Wives, Weapons, Witnesses
Av Hilary Matfess, Alcinda Honwana m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
262 kr
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For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram’s campaign of violence against women and girls goes far beyond the Chibok …
Women and the War on Boko Haram
Wives, Weapons, Witnesses
Av Hilary Matfess, Alcinda Honwana
Inbunden, 2017
1285 kr
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For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram’s campaign of violence against women and girls goes far beyond the Chibok …
