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  • State Fragility, State Formation, and Human Security in Nigeria

    Edited by M. Okome ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Since the 1990s, attempts at democratic transition have generated hopes for 'civil society' as well as ambivalence about the state. The interdisciplinary studies gathered here explore this dynamic through the complex interactions of state fragility, self-help, and self-organization in Nigeria. Nigeria stands as a particularly interesting case, as its multifaceted associational life extends far ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Contesting the Nigerian State

    Civil Society and the Contradictions of Self-Organization

    Edited by M. Okome ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In public choice theory, the received wisdom has long been that self-organization is an impediment to collective action, whether via the tragedy of the commons or a Hobbesian scenario in which self-interest produces social conflict rather than cooperation. Yet as this fascinating collection shows, self-organization and state-society relations have been much more complicated in the context of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Transnational Africa and Globalization

    Edited by M. Okome ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • West African Migrations

    Transnational and Global Pathways in a New Century

    Edited by M. Okome ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    by Wangari Maathai ...
    In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Wangari Maathai, the author of Unbowed, sees things differently, and here she argues for a moral revolution among Africans ... Read more

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  • South Sudan

    The Untold Story from Independence to Civil War

    by Hilde F. Johnson ...
    In July 2011, South Sudan was granted independence and became the world's newest country. Yet just two-and-a-half years after this momentous decision, the country was in the grips of renewed civil war and political strife. Hilde F. Johnson served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan from July 2011 until July 2014 ... Read more

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  • Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy

    Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki

    by John Siko ...
    South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's diplomacy over the last decades has been a disappointing failure - from appearing to back the ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy

    India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda

    by C. Efstathopoulos ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Examining how leading developing countries are increasingly shaping international economic negotiations, this book uses the case studies of India and South Africa to demonstrate the ability of states to exert diplomatic influence through different bargaining strategies and represent the interests of the developing world in global governance. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Development and Diffusionism

    Looking Beyond Neopatrimonialism in Nigeria, 1962–1985

    by J. Dibua ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book deconstructs the neopatrimonial paradigm that has dominated analysis of Nigerian and African development. It shows that by denying agency to Nigerian societies and devaluing indigenous culture and local realities, Eurocentric diffusionism played a significant role in the failure of development planning. ... Read more

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  • Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa

    Edited by Ikechukwu Ndolo, Chuka Onwumechili ...
    Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa is organized into three sections or parts, the first focusing on the past and the history of development communication scholarship; the second analyzes theoretical issues, and finally a third section that looks at country cases. The first part provides several perspectives on the historical development of the field as it pertains to Africa. Some of ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Elections in African Developing Democracies

    by Hilary Miezah ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book explores the organization, conduct and supervision of elections in emerging democracies. It covers the broad spectrum of the democratic electoral process. This project is a synthesis of the author’s practical knowledge and experience in the management of elections with the United Nations and other international organizations in Africa and Asia. The author addresses election practitioners, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Fixing the African State

    Recognition, Politics, and Community-Based Development in Tanzania

    by B. Dill ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent years. Drawing on fieldwork and first-hand experience, this book explains why CBD/CDD produces outcomes that are incompatible with its underlying assumptions and intended objectives. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD