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Warlord Democrats in Africa

Author : Anders Themnér
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783602503
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Warlord Democrats in Africa written by Anders Themnér and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often become an integral part of the new democratic system, using resources and networks generated from the previous war to dominate the emerging political landscape. The crucial and thus-far overlooked question to be addressed, therefore, is what effect the inclusion of ex-militaries into electoral politics has on post-war security. Can 'warlord democrats' make a positive contribution by shepherding their wartime constituencies to support the building of peace and democracy, or are they likely to use their electoral platforms to sponsor political violence and keep war-affected communities mobilized through aggressive discourses? This important volume, containing a wealth of fresh empirical detail and theoretical insight, and focussing on some of Africa's most high-profile political figures – from Paul Kagame to Riek Machar to Afonso Dhlakama – represents a crucial intervention in the literature of post-war democratization.

Warlord Politics and African States

Author : William Reno
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555878832
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (788 download)

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Book Synopsis Warlord Politics and African States by : William Reno

Download or read book Warlord Politics and African States written by William Reno and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reno (political science, Florida International U.) examines alternative, usually clandestine, economic systems, arguing that such phenomena as tax evasion, illicit production, smuggling, and protection rackets have become widespread and integral to building political authority in parts of Africa. He also clarifies the limitations of the liberalizing reforms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by detailing how weak- state and warlord political economies restrict and manipulate bank and IMF prescriptions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

National Democratic Reforms in Africa

Author : Said Adejumobi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137518820
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book National Democratic Reforms in Africa written by Said Adejumobi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From putative 'success stories' such as Ghana and Rwanda to failed efforts in Zimbabwe and other countries, this volume brings together seven incisive case studies from diverse contexts including post-war Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the new nation of South Sudan to distil insights into the troubled progress of reform across the African continent.

A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa

Author : David Seddon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135355541
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa written by David Seddon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable Dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book's usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible. Key features * Provides authoritative up-to-date information on a region that is changing fast, and for which reliable data is often hard to locate * Each country's recent history and economy are described and analyzed in separate essays. Entries include: Apartheid, Central African Republic, Christianity, Colonialism, Development Aid, Genocide, Great Lakes, International Monetary Fund, Languages, Nelson Mandela, Mining, Tobacco, Uganda. Countries covered in this voume include: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spanish North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Political Leadership in Africa

Author : Giovanni Carbone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423736
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Political Leadership in Africa written by Giovanni Carbone and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa between 1960 and 2018, drawing on an entirely new dataset.

Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa

Author : Mary Njeri Kinyanjui
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1780326335
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa by : Mary Njeri Kinyanjui

Download or read book Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa written by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning. While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizenship and continue to be weighed down by poor education, low income and confinement to domestic responsibilities due to patriarchic norms, a new form of urban dynamism - partly informed by the informal economy - is now enabling them to manage poverty, create jobs and link to the circuits of capital and labour. Relying on social ties, reciprocity, sharing and collaboration, women's informal 'solidarity entrepreneurialism' is taking them away from the margins of business activity and catapulting them into the centre. Bringing together key issues of gender, economic informality and urban planning in Africa, Kinyanjui demonstrates that women have become a critical factor in the making of a postcolonial city.

The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa

Author : Kate Baldwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107127335
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa written by Kate Baldwin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that powerful hereditary chiefs do not undermine democracy in Africa but, on some level, facilitate it.

Legacies of Power

Author : Roger Southall
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Legacies of Power written by Roger Southall and published by HSRC Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With new case studies examining the post-presidential years of the iconic Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Daniel arap Moi in Kenya, Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, Jerry Rawlings in Ghana, Charles Taylor in Liberia, as well as the experiences of Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, and Nigeria, this volume examines the dilemmas which demands for presidential transitions impose upon incumbent rulers and analyzes the evolving relationships between new regimes and their predecessors.

An Introduction to African Politics

Author : Alex Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134458320
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to African Politics written by Alex Thomson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-02-28 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to African Politics is the ideal textbook for those new to the study of this vast and fascinating continent. It makes sense of the diverse political systems that are a feature of Africa by using familiar concepts, chapter by chapter, to examine the continent as a whole. The result is a textbook that identifies the essential features of African politics, allowing students to grasp the recurring political patterns that have dominated this part of the world since independence. Features and benefits of the book include: * thematically organised, with individual chapters exploring issues such as colonialism, ethnicity, nationalism, social class, ideology, legitimacy, sovereignty, and democracy * identifies the key recurrent theme of competitive relationships between the African state, its civil society, and external interests * contains useful boxed case studies of key countries at the end of each chapter, including: Kenya; Tanzania; Nigeria; Botswana; Ivory Coast; Uganda; Somalia; Ghana; Zaire; and Algeria * each chapter concludes with key terms and definitions as well as questions, advice on further reading, and useful notes and references * clearly and accessibly written by an experienced teacher of the subject.

Violence in African Elections

Author : Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1786992310
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Violence in African Elections written by Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hailed as a sign of the continent’s progress towards stability and prosperity. But such elections bring their own challenges, particularly the often intense internecine violence following disputed results. While the consequences of such violence can be profound, undermining the legitimacy of the democratic process and in some cases plunging countries into civil war or renewed dictatorship, little is known about the causes. By mapping, analysing and comparing instances of election violence in different localities across Africa – including Kenya, Ivory Coast and Uganda – this collection of detailed case studies sheds light on the underlying dynamics and sub-national causes behind electoral conflicts, revealing them to be the result of a complex interplay between democratisation and the older, patronage-based system of ‘Big Man’ politics. Essential for scholars and policymakers across the social sciences and humanities interested in democratization, peace-keeping and peace studies, Violence in African Elections provides important insights into why some communities prove more prone to electoral violence than others, offering practical suggestions for preventing violence through improved electoral monitoring, voter education, and international assistance.

Democracy and Elections in Africa

Author : Staffan I. Lindberg
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801883323
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Elections in Africa written by Staffan I. Lindberg and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-09-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Elites and the Politics of Accountability in Africa

Author : Wale Adebanwi
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472054813
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Elites and the Politics of Accountability in Africa written by Wale Adebanwi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studying elites through the framework of accountability

Warlord Survival

Author : Romain Malejacq
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150174643X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Warlord Survival written by Romain Malejacq and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do warlords survive and even thrive in contexts that are explicitly set up to undermine them? How do they rise after each fall? Warlord Survival answers these questions. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2018, with ministers, governors, a former vice-president, warlords and their entourages, opposition leaders, diplomats, NGO workers, and local journalists and researchers, Romain Malejacq provides a full investigation of how warlords adapt and explains why weak states like Afghanistan allow it to happen. Malejacq follows the careers of four warlords in Herat, Sheberghan, and Panjshir—Ismail Khan, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and Mohammad Qasim Fahim). He shows how they have successfully negotiated complicated political environments to survive ever since the beginning of the Soviet-Afghan war. The picture he paints in Warlord Survival is one of astute political entrepreneurs with a proven ability to organize violence. Warlords exert authority through a process in which they combine, instrumentalize, and convert different forms of power to prevent the emergence of a strong, centralized state. But, as Malejacq shows, the personal relationships and networks fundamental to the authority of Ismail Khan, Dostum, Massoud, and Fahim are not necessarily contrary to bureaucratic state authority. In fact, these four warlords, and others like them, offer durable and flexible forms of power in unstable, violent countries.

The History of Southern Africa

Author : Amy McKenna Senior Editor, Geography and History
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 161530312X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The History of Southern Africa written by Amy McKenna Senior Editor, Geography and History and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history of southern Africa, including an overview of each of the countries that comprise that area of the continent.

Africa's World Trade

Author : Margaret C. Lee
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1780323530
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Africa's World Trade written by Margaret C. Lee and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the key question posed by Margaret Lee in this provocative book, in which she argues that all too often the voices of African traders are obscured amid a blizzard of statistical analysis. However, it is these very voices - from those operating on the ground as formal or informal traders - that must be listened to in order to form a true understanding of the impact trade regimes have on these individuals and their communities. Featuring a wealth of oral histories from across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, including Africans in China, Africa's World Trade offers a unique insight into how the complexity of international trade agreements can shape the everyday lives of ordinary Africans.

The Future of African Peace Operations

Author : Cedric De Coning
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783607114
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book The Future of African Peace Operations written by Cedric De Coning and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the current African security framework. The first book to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations, The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue assessment of the ways in which peacekeeping on the continent has evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is facing today.

Pentecostal Republic

Author : Ebenezer Obadare
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 178699240X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Pentecostal Republic written by Ebenezer Obadare and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, Nigeria has been plagued by religious divisions. Tensions have only intensified since the restoration of democracy in 1999, with the divide between Christian south and Muslim north playing a central role in the country’s electoral politics, as well as manifesting itself in the religious warfare waged by Boko Haram. Through the lens of Christian–Muslim struggles for supremacy, Ebenezer Obadare charts the turbulent course of democracy in the Nigerian Fourth Republic, exploring the key role religion has played in ordering society. He argues the rise of Pentecostalism is a force focused on appropriating state power, transforming the dynamics of the country and acting to demobilize civil society, further providing a trigger for Muslim revivalism. Covering events of recent decades to the election of Buhari, Pentecostal Republic shows that religio-political contestations have become integral to Nigeria’s democratic process, and are fundamental to understanding its future.