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  • 1
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    African conflicts and informal power : big men and networks (2012)
    London : Zed Books
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    gbv_739530054
    Format: Online-Ressource (vii, 255 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 9781848138834
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, African Conflicts and Informal Power shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent's conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , pt. 1. Country case studies -- pt. 2. Thematic case studies. , 5  |  Castles in the sand: informal networks and power brokers in the northern Mali peripheryMap 5.1 Mali and its neighbours; The Tuareg rebellion and the National Pact; Northern Mali - networks of patronage as elusive front lines in the sand?; Kidal - marginal, but still integrated into the illicit global political economy; Some tentative conclusions; Notes; References; PART TWO: Thematic case studies; 6  |  Critical states and cocaine connections; Shipwrecked proof; The historical dimension: faction and fraction; Political dynamics and critical states; Geography and demography , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781848138841
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781848138827
    Additional Edition: Print version African Conflicts and Informal Power : Big Men and Networks
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ethnology
    RVK:
    LB 42465
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    LB 51465
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    South Africa, settler colonialism and the failures of liberal democracy (2015)
    London, England : Zed Books | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing
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    UID:
    gbv_1761705164
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 216 pages)
    Edition: Also published in print
    ISBN: 9781350222694
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: Introduction -- Modernity : civil society, political society and the vulnerable -- The limits of the conventional paradigm, modernity and South African democracy -- The Fanonian paradigm, settler colonialism and South African democracy -- The colonial state and settler-colonial modernism -- Nationalism, ANC and domination without hegemony -- Elites, masses and democratic change -- Crisis of the national modern : democracy, the state and ANC dominance -- Conclusion.
    Content: "Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa's post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped by a particular mode of domination, namely settler colonialism. South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy is an important work that sheds light on the nature of modernity, democracy and the complex politics of contemporary South Africa."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: "Published ... in association with the Nordic Africa Institute ... Uppsala, Sweden"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783602247
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783602230
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    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783602278
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783602247
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781783602247
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
    RVK:
    MI 65086
    Keywords: Electronic books
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350222694
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  • 3
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    Aid and authoritarianism in Africa : development without democracy (2016)
    London, England : Zed Books | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing
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    UID:
    gbv_1761705628
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (186 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Also published in print
    ISBN: 9781350218369
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: Introduction : aid and authoritarianism in sub-Saharan Africa after 1990 / Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens -- Discourses of democracy, practices of autocracy : shifting meanings of democracy in the aid-authoritarianism nexus / Rita Abrahamsen -- Aid to Rwanda : unstoppable rock, immovable post / Zoë Marriage -- Authoritarianism and the securitization of development in Uganda / David M. Anderson and Jonathan Fisher -- Ethiopia and international aid : development between high modernism and exceptional measures / Emanuele Fantini and Luca Puddu -- Donors and the making of 'credible' elections in Cameroon / Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle -- Foreign aid and political settlements : contrasting the Mozambican and Angolan cases / Helena Pérez Niño and Philippe Le Billon -- Conclusion : democracy fatigue and the ghost of modernization theory / Nicolas van de Walle.
    Content: A revealing and urgent insight into the motives, dynamics and consequences of the increasing amounts of development aid given by the West to authoritarian governments in Africa
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783606306
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783606290
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783606283
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1783606282
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1783606290
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    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783606290
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781783606290
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350218369
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    Child migration in Africa (2011)
    London, England : Zed Books | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing
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    UID:
    gbv_1761705555
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 150 pages) , maps
    Edition: Also published in print
    ISBN: 9781350218994
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: About the authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration -- 2 Contexts of migration -- 3 Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration -- 4 Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds -- 5 Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities -- 6 Moving on -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Content: Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experiences of it. Part of the groundbreaking Africa Now series, Child Migration in Africa is an important and timely contribution to an under-researched area
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-144) and index , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781848134553
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781848134560
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1848134568
    Additional Edition: ISBN 184813455X
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    Additional Edition: ISBN 9786613070951
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    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350218994
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    Violence in African elections : between democracy and big man politics (2018)
    London, England : Zed Books | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing
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    UID:
    gbv_1761705938
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 273 pages) , maps
    Edition: Also published in print
    ISBN: 9781350223837
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: Introduction: the everyday politics of electoral violence in Africa / Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs -- Ethnic politics and elite competition: the roots of electoral violence in Kenya / Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund -- Wielding the stick again: the rise and fall and rise of state violence during presidential elections in Uganda / Anders Sjörgren -- Land conflict and electoral violence in Côte d'Ivoire: a micro-level analysis / Matthew I. Mitchell -- The geography of violence in Burundi's 2015 elections / Willy Dindorera and Jesper Bjarnsesen -- Competition, uncertainty and violence in Sierra Leone's swing district / Ibrahim Bangura and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs -- Ex-militants and electoral violence in Nigeria's Niger Delta / Tarila Marclint Ebiede -- The winner takes it all: post-war rebel networks, Big Man politics, and the threat of violence in the 2011 Liberian elections / Mariam Bjarnesen -- Parsitic politics: violence, deception and change in Kenya's electoral politics / Jacob Rasmussen -- Eclectic ties and election touts: Chipangano's cyclic governance agenda in Mbare, Zimbabwe / Tariro Mutongwizo -- Patronage politics and electoral violence in Lagos, Nigeria: understanding the micro-level dynamics / Daniel E. Agbiboa -- 'Once they all pick their guns you can have your way': campaigning and talking about violence in northern Ghana / Afra Schmitz -- Conclusion: beyond democracy and Big Man politics / Jesper Bjarnesen and Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs.
    Content: "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."--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781786992307
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    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350223837
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    The future of African peace operations : from the Janjaweed to Boko Haram (2016)
    London, England : Zed Books | [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing
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    UID:
    gbv_1761704958
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 153 pages)
    Edition: Also published in print
    ISBN: 9781350251038
    Series Statement: Africa now
    Content: Towards an African model of peace operations / Cedric de Coning, Linnéa Gelot and John Karlsrud -- Confronting hybrid threats in Africa : improving multidimensional responses / Kwesi Aning and Mustapha Abdallah -- Stabilization missions and mandates in African peace operations : implications for the ASF? / Solomon A. Dersso -- The relationship between the AU and the RECs/RMS in relation to peace and security in Africa : subsidiarity and inevitable common destiny / Michelle Ndiaye -- The strategic relationship between the African Union and its partners / Linda Darkwa -- Mission support for African peace operations / Walter Lotze -- United in challenges? The African Standby Force and the African capacity for immediate response to crises / Jide Martyns Okeke -- What roles for the civilian and police dimensions in African peace operations? / Yvonne Akpasom -- Adapting the African Standby Force to a just-in-time readiness model : improved alignment with the emerging African model of peace operations / Cedric de Coning -- African peace operations : trends and future scenarios, conclusions and recommendations / Cedric de Coning, Linnéa Gelot and John Karlsrud.
    Content: "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 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."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: Published in association with the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden , Includes bibliographical references and index , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783607105
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    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    DOI: 10.5040/9781350251038
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