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77 produkter
Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa
Emerging Trends
Av Okon Akiba
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa examines the complexities of government and obstacles facing constitutional democracy in transitional African societies. The chapters provide a critical, conceptual framework to probe, interpret and understand the dimensions of current and impending …
Complicity and Responsibility in Contemporary African Writing
The Postcolony Revisited
Inbunden, 2021
2879 kr
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This book investigates the many ways in which contemporary African fiction has reflected on themes of responsibility and complicity during the postcolonial period.Covering the authors Ayi Kwei Armah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nuruddin Farah, Michiel Heyns, and J. M. Coetzee, the book places each writer’s …
African Presidential Republics
Av Jean Blondel
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book provides a systematic assessment of the behaviour of some relatively successful presidents in African presidential republics, examining the part played by presidents in the development of their countries. Using two groups of case studies, African Presidential Republics examines the …
Everyday State in Africa
Governance Practices and State Ideas in Ethiopia
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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This book reconceptualises the idea of the state in Ethiopia. It focuses on the cultural and political processes of state formation, and reveals the complexity of state–society relations as they unfold in the everyday context of local life. It does so by exploring specific configurations of …
Infrastructure Development in Nigeria
A Political and Economic History
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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This book examines the politics and economics of infrastructure development in Nigeria from Independence in 1960 up to 2015, and the role of good governance in promoting the socioeconomic wellbeing of citizens. Arguing for the need for transformational leadership in infrastructure development, the …
Cultural Capital and Prospects for Democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia
Av Asafa Jalata
Inbunden, 2019
2519 kr
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This book focuses on and examines the impact of cultural capital, political economy, social movements, and political consciousness on the potential development of substantive democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia. While explaining the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for the development of …
Post-Election Violence in Africa
The Impact of Judicial Independence
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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This book explores the effect of the judiciary on the incidence of post-election violence by political actors across Africa and within African countries. It examines how variation in judicial independence can constrain or incentivize election violence among democratizing states.Using case studies …
Political Protest in Contemporary Kenya
Change and Continuities
Inbunden, 2020
2519 kr
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This book analyses the emergence, strategies, and outcomes of the struggle to embed democratic governance and constitutional order in Kenya, showcasing both the power and the limits of citizen agency in the struggle to transform a postcolonial African state. Utilising data from primary interviews, …
Mauritania's Colonels
Political Leadership, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization
Häftad, 2020
722 kr
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This book, the result of more than a decade of research, focuses on the socio-political dynamics and civil-military relations in a little studied country: Mauritania, located in the troubled North-western part of Africa. Boubacar N’Diaye brings into light the political evolution of this country …
Non-State Social Protection Actors and Services in Africa
Governance Below the State
Av Nicholas Awortwi, Gregor Walter-Drop
Häftad, 2020
722 kr
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For millions of Africans, the social situation is dire. Over half of the population of Sub-Sahara Africa do not have access to improved sanitation facilities, and about a quarter are undernourished. If factors such as armed conflicts in the region, the impact of climate change, or the widespread …
Managing Violent Religious Extremism in Fragile States
Building Institutional Capacity in Nigeria and Kenya
Av Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Mahfouz A. Adedimeji m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2519 kr
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This book examines how African states can build the institutional capacity to better prevent, manage and cope with the new security challenges posed by violent religious extremism. Despite the evidence that violent religious extremism is exacerbated by underlying social, political, economic and …
Colonial Legacies and the Rule of Law in Africa
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Inbunden, 2021
2317 kr
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This book focuses on the continued impact of British colonial legacy on the rule of law in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The legal system is intended to protect regular citizens, but within the majority of Africa the rule of law remains infused with Eurocentric cultural and …
Democratic Practice and Governance in Nigeria
Av Ebenezer Oluwole Oni, Omololu Michael Fagbadebo m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
693 kr
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This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria. The book examines the theoretical underpinnings and the procedural and institutional components of democratic practice in Nigeria, including the challenges associated with elections, the legislature, …
Institutional Legacies, Decision Frames and Political Violence in Rwanda and Burundi
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Rwanda and Burundi are strikingly similar countries that underwent democratization in the early 1990s. In both, resistance to democratic reforms led to coups d’état and presidential assassinations. A conundrum arises in terms of what transpires next. In Rwanda, total genocide was perpetrated by …
Aid Relations and State Reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Politics of Mutual Accommodation and Administrative Neglect
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Since 2001 The Democratic Republic of Congo has been engaged in a three-fold transition process towards liberalisation, democratisation, and peace. Throughout this process, external actors (donors, international financial institutions, the UN system, aid agencies) have played a leading role, …
South Sudan
Post-Independence Dilemmas
Av Amir Idris
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which engages with the failure of the newest African State to transition itself successfully to a state and nation after its independence in July 2011.The contributors explore the prospects for new modes of …
Rwenzururu Movement in Uganda
Struggling for Recognition
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive account and analysis of the Rwenzururu movement in Western Uganda. The movement began in the 1960s in the Rwenzori region of Toro District, and was a protest by the minority Bakonzo and Baamba ethnic groups against their continued discrimination and incorporation …
Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa
Emerging Trends
Av Okon Akiba
Häftad, 2023
689 kr
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Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa examines the complexities of government and obstacles facing constitutional democracy in transitional African societies. The chapters provide a critical, conceptual framework to probe, interpret and understand the dimensions of current and impending …
Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria
A Theoretical Approach
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book examines the complex relationship between the state and civil society and the impact that this has had on democratization processes in Nigeria from colonial times to the present.Expanding notions of democracy, the author builds a theoretical understanding of civil society to show how it …
Colonial Legacies and Regime Hegemony in Uganda
Inbunden, 2025
2504 kr
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This book explains the prevalence of electoral authoritarianism (or multi-party autocracy) in the politics of sub-Saharan Africa and examines why repeated elections have not deepened democracy.Using Uganda as a case study, the book examines the hegemonic regimes that underpin electoral …
Colonial Legacies and Regime Hegemony in Uganda
Häftad, 2026
704 kr
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This book explains the prevalence of electoral authoritarianism (or multi-party autocracy) in the politics of sub-Saharan Africa and examines why repeated elections have not deepened democracy.Using Uganda as a case study, the book examines the hegemonic regimes that underpin electoral …
Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria
A Theoretical Approach
Häftad, 2023
689 kr
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This book examines the complex relationship between the state and civil society and the impact that this has had on democratization processes in Nigeria from colonial times to the present.Expanding notions of democracy, the author builds a theoretical understanding of civil society to show how it …
Complicity and Responsibility in Contemporary African Writing
The Postcolony Revisited
Häftad, 2023
793 kr
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This book investigates the many ways in which contemporary African fiction has reflected on themes of responsibility and complicity during the postcolonial period.Covering the authors Ayi Kwei Armah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nuruddin Farah, Michiel Heyns, and J. M. Coetzee, the book places each writer’s …
Dimensions of African Statehood
Everyday Governance and Provision of Public Goods
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book argues that the way in which we use the concept of "state" in many African countries must involve a deeper engagement of the complex workings of state–society relations, rather than a master narrative of European state formation.Dimensions of African Statehood explores the concept of …
Islamist Foreign Policy in Sudan
Between Radicalism and the Search for Survival
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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Examining the role played by ideology, internal politics and key figures within Sudan after the 1989 coup, this book analyses policymaking in the Sudanese administration in-depth and studies its effect on international and domestic politics and foreign policy.The military coup undertaken in June …
Cultural Capital and Prospects for Democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia
Av Asafa Jalata
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book focuses on and examines the impact of cultural capital, political economy, social movements, and political consciousness on the potential development of substantive democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia. While explaining the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for the development of …
African Presidential Republics
Av Jean Blondel
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book provides a systematic assessment of the behaviour of some relatively successful presidents in African presidential republics, examining the part played by presidents in the development of their countries. Using two groups of case studies, African Presidential Republics examines the …
Traditional Institutions in Contemporary African Governance
Av Kidane Mengisteab, Gerard Hagg
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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Most African economies range from moderately advanced capitalist systems with modern banks and stock markets to peasant and pastoral subsistent systems. Most African countries are also characterized by parallel institutions of governance – one is the state sanctioned (formal) system and the other …
State-building Interventions in Post-Conflict Liberia
Building a State without Citizens
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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Post-conflict Liberia has been subjected to extensive international state-building, at some point hosting the largest and one of the longest UN peacekeeping missions in the world, and inflow of aid that exceeds in multiples the GDP. In order to understand the international state-building efforts in …
Democratic Practice and Governance in Nigeria
Av Ebenezer Oluwole Oni, Omololu Michael Fagbadebo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2736 kr
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This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria. The book examines the theoretical underpinnings and the procedural and institutional components of democratic practice in Nigeria, including the challenges associated with elections, the legislature, …
