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41 produkter
Criminalization of the State in Africa
Av Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
386 kr
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The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies—all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle …
Letting Them Die
Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail
Häftad, 2003
462 kr
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"In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we're just letting them die." —Pieter Dirk Uys, South African satiristToday in South Africa, HIV/AIDS kills about 5 in 10 young people. Many of the victims are miners and commercial sex workers who ply their trade in mining communities. In this …
Somalia
Economy Without State
Häftad, 2003
256 kr
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In the wake of the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, a "second" or "informal" economy based on trans-border trade and smuggling is thriving. While focusing primarily on pastoral and agricultural markets, Peter D. Little demonstrates that the Somalis are resilient and opportunistic and that …
Guns and Governance in the Rift Valley
Pastoralist Conflict and Small Arms
Inbunden, 2008
677 kr
Kommande
Recent estimates indicate that more than 640 million small arms and 16 billion rounds of ammunition circulate the globe yearly. In North East Africa and the Rift Valley, the flow of arms has been particularly heavy and has led to the escalation of banditry, cattle rustling, raiding, and ethnic …
Fighting for the Rain Forest
War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone
Häftad, 1996
279 kr
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Examines the war in Sierra Leone as a crisis of modernity.Do small wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'?What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fir conventional western models of warfare,but they are …
Lie of the Land
Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment
Av Robin Mearns, Melissa Leach
Häftad, 1996
271 kr
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Questions the reasoning behind Western images of the environmental destruction taking place in Africa.This book addresses the issue of how environmental orthodoxies become established, and what the alternative and appropriate approaches for policy-making are. It shows that many of the established …
Fortress Conservation
The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania
Häftad, 2002
335 kr
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Challenges the myth of an African wilderness, and the conflict between conservation policies and the livelihoods of rural people.Many conservationists insist that conservation that ignores local costs cannot be sustained. For if conservation is greeted with hostility locally then guards and patrols …
Undermining Development
The Absence of Power among Local NGOs in Africa
Häftad, 2004
335 kr
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How does power impact on sustainable development?The experience of many South Asian and Latin American countries demonstrates that the power of local NGOs can contribute to improving the quality of development services throughout the developing world.Are local NGOs inAfrica able to wield power in …
Famine Crimes
Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa
Häftad, 1997
300 kr
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Famine is preventable. The persistence of famine reflects political failings by African governments, western donors and international relief agencies.Can Africa avoid famine?When freedom from famine is a basic right or a political imperative, famine is prevented. Case studies demonstrate such …
Criminalization of the State in Africa
Av Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
335 kr
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Has Africa moved on from 'classical corruption? What are the political and economic origins of official implication in crime? What are the new frontiers of crime in South Africa?This book examines the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the …
Africa Works
Disorder as Political Instrument
Av Patrick Chabal, Jean-Pascal Daloz
Häftad, 1999
300 kr
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An examination of the political instrumentalization of disorder.Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development?In association with the International African InstituteNorth America: Indiana U Press
Somalia
Economy without State
Häftad, 2003
345 kr
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Amaury Talbot Prize WinnerShows that Somalia is an extreme case of an economy without a government.Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder?Clan elders, religious leaders and businessmen have worked together to provide stability and security in large parts of Somalia. Urban centres …
Identity Economics
Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria
Av Kate Meagher
Häftad, 2010
309 kr
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This book is essential reading for those interested in the role of the informal economy in contemporary processes of growth and economic governance in Africa.Why have informal enterprise networks failed to promote economic development in Africa? Although social networks were thought to offer a …
Zimbabwe's Land Reform
Myths and Realities
Av Ian Scoones
Häftad, 2010
357 kr
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Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform.Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences of these dramatic events. This land reform overturned a century-old pattern of land use, one dominated by a small group of …
Sudan Looks East
China, India and the Politics of Asian Alternatives
Av Daniel Large, Luke A. Patey
Häftad, 2011
299 kr
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Places Sudan's oil industry (examined here in macro, micro and political terms), its economy, external relations and changing politics under the impact of the Darfur conflict and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, in the wider context of the expansion of Asia's global economic strength.By …
Front Line Runs through Every Woman
Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War
Häftad, 2011
309 kr
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Theorizes the experiences of women in wartime, and specifically of African women during Zimbabwe's anti-colonial struggle.A Zimbabwe-specific study, focusing on the lives of women in a small locale (Chiweshe) during the anti-colonial insurgency, this book is also a challenge to established and …
South Africa's Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis
Häftad, 2012
309 kr
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Examines the silicosis crisis in the South African mining industry, and reveals how the rate of, often fatal, tuberculosis among black migrant miners was hidden for over a century.South Africa's gold mines are the largest and historically among the most profitable in the world. Yet at what human …
From the Pit to the Market
Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone
Av Diane Frost
Häftad, 2012
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309 kr
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Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalizing it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid.Diamonds have played an important role in the …
China's Aid and Soft Power in Africa
The Case of Education and Training
Av Kenneth King
Häftad, 2013
290 kr
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China's increasing role as an education donor in Africa, and the significance of this both economically and politically.Why does China run one of the world's largest short-term training programmes, with plans to bring 30,000 Africans to China between 2013 and 2015?Why does it give generous support …
Africa Rising?
BRICS - Diversifying Dependency
Av Ian Taylor
Häftad, 2014
309 kr
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Explores to what extent Africa's "rise" has impacted on development and whether the BRICS are creating a new version of dependency.Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting possibilities for the continent. This discourse maintains that with …
Losing your Land
Dispossession in the Great Lakes
Häftad, 2014
299 kr
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Examines a new aspect of one of the highest profile issues facing Africa today-land-grabbing-and shows the widespread impact of small-scale dispossession.Dispossession of land on a small scale can have as great an impact on living conditions as large-scale land-grabs. With the increasing …
Development State
Aid, Culture and Civil Society in Tanzania
Av Maia Green
Häftad, 2014
299 kr
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A timely, ethnographically informed account of the "development state" of Tanzania, showing how development practice and culture have become integrated into everyday life, politically, socially and economically.How has development affected the practices of the state in Africa? How has the …
Africa's Land Rush
Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change
Av Ian Scoones, Dzodzi Tsikata m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
299 kr
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Interrogates the narratives of "land grabbing" and "agricultural investment" through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.Africa has been at the centre of a "land grab" in recent years, with …
Volunteer Economies
The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa
Av Hannah Brown, Ruth Prince m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
357 kr
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Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility.Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of …
Volunteer Economies
The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa
Av Hannah Brown, Ruth Prince m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1250 kr
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Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility.Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of …
Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars
Old Wars and New Wars [Expanded 3rd Edition]
Häftad, 2016
368 kr
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Expanded third edition of this key text on the complex underlying conditions of the civil war from the 1960s to the present day, including a new chapter on the current wars in Sudan's new south and South Sudan.Sudan's post-independence history has been dominated by political and civil strife. Most …
Electricity in Africa
The Politics of Transformation in Uganda
Häftad, 2017
309 kr
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Examines the history of electricity provision in Africa and the effects of privatization and infrastructure changes in energy transformation, offering a critical window into development politics in African states.No country has managed to develop beyond a subsistence economy without ensuring at …
Electricity in Africa
The Politics of Transformation in Uganda
Inbunden, 2017
1153 kr
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Examines the history of electricity provision in Africa and the effects of privatization and infrastructure changes in energy transformation, offering a critical window into development politics in African states.No country has managed to develop beyond a subsistence economy without ensuring at …
Land, Investment & Politics
Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands
Av Jeremy Lind, Doris Okenwa m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
299 kr
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Examines the new challenges facing Africa's pastoral drylands from large-scale investments and how this might affect the economic and political landscape for the regions affected and their peoples.More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but …
Land, Investment & Politics
Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands
Av Jeremy Lind, Doris Okenwa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1109 kr
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Examines the new challenges facing Africa's pastoral drylands from large-scale investments and how this might affect the economic and political landscape for the regions affected and their peoples.More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but …
