Routledge Studies in African Development – serie
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Corporate Governance in Tanzania
Ethics and Accountability at the Crossroads
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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Increasingly the importance of corporate governance for economic development in developing economies like Tanzania is indisputable. This book explores the effectiveness of corporate governance in Tanzania and asks how it can be further developed and improved so as to make a difference in the …
Economic Dualism in Zimbabwe
From Colonial Rhodesia to Post-Independence
Inbunden, 2019
2578 kr
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This book identifies the root causes of income inequality in underdeveloped economies and proposes new solutions for structural reform in economies that have long neglected and exploited working people. It focuses on the case of Zimbabwe, a classic example of an African post-colonial state …
Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa
Protection First and Justice Later
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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This book explores the relationship between the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), challenging the assumption that they are always mutually reinforcing or complementary, and examining instead the many tensions which arise between the immediate imperative of …
National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa
Häftad, 2019
849 kr
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Africa is well known for the production of national liberation movements (NLMs), stemming from a history of exploitation, colonisation and slavery. NLMs are generally characterised by a struggle carried out by or in the name of suppressed people for political, social, cultural, economic, …
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa
The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity
Häftad, 2019
820 kr
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Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality. Based on extensive original research in Free State Province, South Africa, the book explores how people …
Development in Nigeria
Promise on Hold?
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book unravels the trajectories and dilemmas of development in Nigeria since its independence in 1960. Despite enormous human and material resources, development progress in Nigeria has not met expectations. By delving into the various factors that have influenced development efforts and …
Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa
Inbunden, 2019
994 kr
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Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa demonstrates how instead of empowering the communities they work with, the jargon of development ownership often actually serves to perpetuate the centrality of multilateral organizations and international donors in African development, awarding a …
Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa
Av Fred Eboko
Inbunden, 2020
2578 kr
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Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary …
African Environmental Crisis
A History of Science for Development
Av Gufu Oba
Inbunden, 2020
2468 kr
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This book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse. From the beginnings of imperial administration, the idea of the desiccation of African …
Mineral Resource Governance and Human Development in Ghana
Av Felix Danso
Inbunden, 2020
994 kr
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This book investigates how mineral resources can be governed to promote people-centred development in Ghana, focusing on the three main human development variables: living standards, education and health.Ghana is endowed with abundant mineral resources. The mineral sector accounts for about 14% of …
Mineral Resource Governance and Human Development in Ghana
Av Felix Danso
Häftad, 2024
336 kr
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This book investigates how mineral resources can be governed to promote people-centred development in Ghana, focusing on the three main human development variables: living standards, education and health.Ghana is endowed with abundant mineral resources. The mineral sector accounts for about 14% of …
Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa
Inbunden, 2020
994 kr
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This book critically interrogates the neoliberal peacebuilding and statebuilding model and proposes a popular progressive model centred around the lived realities of African societies. The neoliberal interventionist model assumed prominence and universal hegemony following the demise of state …
Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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This book critically interrogates the neoliberal peacebuilding and statebuilding model and proposes a popular progressive model centred around the lived realities of African societies. The neoliberal interventionist model assumed prominence and universal hegemony following the demise of state …
Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa
Av Fred Eboko
Häftad, 2023
710 kr
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Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary …
African Peacekeeping Training Centres
Socialisation as a Tool for Peace?
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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Peacekeeping training centres play a crucial role in preparing peacekeepers for their deployment. However, despite their popularity within the international community as a tool for achieving international security, development, and state-building objectives, they have not received a great deal of …
Challenge of Governance in South Sudan
Corruption, Peacebuilding, and Foreign Intervention
Av Steven C Roach, Derrick K Hudson
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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South Sudan is one of the world’s most divided and unstable countries. Since achieving statehood in 2011, the country has plunged into civil war (2013-15) and become the scene of some of the worst human rights abuses on the African continent. Despite ongoing political turmoil, states and …
Extractive Industries and Changing State Dynamics in Africa
Beyond the Resource Curse
Av Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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This book uses extractive industry projects in Africa to explore how political authority and the nation-state are reconfigured at the intersection of national political contestations and global, transnational capital. Instead of focusing on technological zones and the new social assemblages at the …
Politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau
Precolonial Influence on the Postcolonial State
Av Mariama Khan
Inbunden, 2021
1024 kr
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This book explores how precolonial political traditions and practices shape modern-day politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.The precolonial Kaabu empire dominated the region for over 300 years, leaving a rich oral and ritual culture that emphasized the importance of a ruler’s legitimacy among …
Politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau
Precolonial Influence on the Postcolonial State
Av Mariama Khan
Häftad, 2024
336 kr
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This book explores how precolonial political traditions and practices shape modern-day politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.The precolonial Kaabu empire dominated the region for over 300 years, leaving a rich oral and ritual culture that emphasized the importance of a ruler’s legitimacy among …
Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa
The Zambian Experience
Inbunden, 2021
2578 kr
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Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa offers an in-depth analysis of the role industrial policy can play in the transformation of African economies. Using examples from Zambia’s industrial development experience, this book illustrates that core features of the …
Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa
The Zambian Experience
Häftad, 2023
710 kr
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Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa offers an in-depth analysis of the role industrial policy can play in the transformation of African economies. Using examples from Zambia’s industrial development experience, this book illustrates that core features of the …
Engendering Democracy in Africa
Women, Politics and Development
Av Niamh Gaynor
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels.In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of …
Engendering Democracy in Africa
Women, Politics and Development
Av Niamh Gaynor
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels.In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of …
Economic Dualism in Zimbabwe
From Colonial Rhodesia to Post-Independence
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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This book identifies the root causes of income inequality in underdeveloped economies and proposes new solutions for structural reform in economies that have long neglected and exploited working people. It focuses on the case of Zimbabwe, a classic example of an African post-colonial state …
Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa
Häftad, 2021
384 kr
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Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa demonstrates how instead of empowering the communities they work with, the jargon of development ownership often actually serves to perpetuate the centrality of multilateral organizations and international donors in African development, awarding a …
HIV and East Africa
Thirty Years in the Shadow of an Epidemic
Av Janet Seeley
Inbunden, 2013
2512 kr
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By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, HIV and East Africa investigates the impact of the epidemic on people’s lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have …
HIV and East Africa
Thirty Years in the Shadow of an Epidemic
Av Janet Seeley
Häftad, 2015
907 kr
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This book is about life in the time of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Africa. By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, the author explores the impact of the epidemic on people’s lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context …
African Peacekeeping Training Centres
Socialisation as a Tool for Peace?
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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Peacekeeping training centres play a crucial role in preparing peacekeepers for their deployment. However, despite their popularity within the international community as a tool for achieving international security, development, and state-building objectives, they have not received a great deal of …
Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi
The democratic dividend
Av Dan Banik, Blessings Chinsinga
Häftad, 2017
820 kr
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Malawi is among the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has witnessed significant improvements in relation to meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. It exhibits some of the main challenges facing African democracies while they attempt to consolidate the benefits of …
Extractive Industries and Changing State Dynamics in Africa
Beyond the Resource Curse
Av Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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This book uses extractive industry projects in Africa to explore how political authority and the nation-state are reconfigured at the intersection of national political contestations and global, transnational capital. Instead of focusing on technological zones and the new social assemblages at the …
