Political Science
Political Science
America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda
This book investigates the ways in which the war on terror has transformed the postcolonial state in Africa. Taking American intervention in Islamic education in Uganda as the entry point, the book demonstrates how state control over Islamic truth production...
$247.00
Armas ligeiras, grupos armados, crises e conflitos em Africa
O livro faz uma breve endoscopia dos grupos armados, das transferências de armas ligeiras e de pequeno calibre, do seu papel nas muitas crises e conflitos que têm marcado a vida política de África e do seu impacto no desenvolvimento...
$94.00
Amazing Africa, where is your Spirit of Common God gone
In 1952, Nelson Mandela said: " In the meantime, people's living conditions, already extremely difficult, are worsening and becoming unsustainable. People's purchasing power is steadily declining, and the cost of living is soaring. Now the bread is lighter than it...
$27.00
African Identities and International Politics
Using the lenses of realism, liberalism, the English School and constructivism, this book explains how the divisions and differences in African identities affect African international politics. This book explores the African condition in the twenty-first century. It analyses how geographical,...
$260.00
The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated
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The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated
WINNER: 2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardExamines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state".When Eritrea gained independence in 1991, hopes were high for its transformation. In two decades, however, it became one...
$39.00
The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated
$124.00
The African Garrison State: Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated
WINNER: 2015 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardExamines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state".When Eritrea gained independence in 1991, hopes were high for its transformation. In two decades, however, it became one...
$124.00
African Feminisms and Women in the Context of Justice in Southern Africa (2022)
This book explores justice ‘on the ground’ in Southern African communities, and in particular the roles that women play in these processes. Justice on the ground is often critiqued for being male-dominated and patriarchal. This volume seeks to unpack and...
$221.00
Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa
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 socialism at...
$95.00
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Peace-Building in Africa
Conflicts in Africa have a great deal in common, and striking parallels can be drawn between them at all levels. Dynamics affecting the most complex war-time conflicts, civil unrest and other macro disputes are in play even in the smallest...
$100.00
Alternative Development Strategies in Subsaharan Africa (1992)
The World Bank and the IMF dominate policy-making in Africa today. This book considers the consistency between their adjustment policies and long-run development needs, with an analysis of country experience. An alternative development strategy is proposed.
$71.00
African Engagements: Africa Negotiating an Emerging Multipolar World
With the end of the Cold War, the world seemed to move from a bipolar to a unipolar system, with the neoliberal West globally imposing its laws. However, it has been acknowledged that other actors, such as China, India and...
$134.00
African Democracy: Strategies for Sustaining Political Power in Africa Democracies
In the high-stakes arena of African democracy, winning an election is just the first battle. The true test of leadership is governing across generations. African Democracy: Strategies for Sustaining Political Power is your definitive guide to building a legacy that outlasts any...
$33.00
The African Conundrum: Rethinking the Trajectories of Historical, Cultural, Philosophical and Developmental Experiences of Africa
The African conundrum... is rooted out of the historical, philosophical and cultural bastardisation, imbalances and inequalities which many post-colonial African governments have always sought to address, though with varying degrees of success, since the 1960s. Lamentably, this African conundrum is...
$72.00
Al-Shabaab: The Threat to Kenya and the Horn of Africa
The Republic of Somalia gained independence on 1st July 1960 and nine years later General Mohamed Said Barre took power through a coup. In 1991 anarchy ensued after his expulsion and since then Somalia has been in a protracted conflict...
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African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship, this book explores African constructions of China. Using Ghana and Kenya as case studies, the book outlines the role of diverse state and non-state actors in defining what China represents to the region,...
$81.00
African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship, this book explores African constructions of China. Using Ghana and Kenya as case studies, the book outlines the role of diverse state and non-state actors in defining what China represents to the region,...
$260.00
African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks
In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as...
$156.00
African Conflicts and Informal Power
In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints on how to reconstruct state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is...
$49.00
The African Caliphs: Political Leadership, Power, and Religion in West Africa during its Classical Islamic Age: 11th-19th Centuries
The African Caliphs, by Dr. A. Hannibal Hamdallahi, aims to critically examine the political behavior and leadership of West African Muslim rulers, known as African Caliphs, between the 11th and 19th centuries. It focuses on the personal level skills and strategies...
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An African Athens: Rhetoric and the Shaping of Democracy in South Africa
An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid...
$260.00
An African Athens: Rhetoric and the Shaping of Democracy in South Africa
An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid...
$82.00
Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation: Global Challenges, Bi-Regional Responses (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points to the need for more diversified funding and...
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Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation: Global Challenges, Bi-Regional Responses (2018)
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Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation: Global Challenges, Bi-Regional Responses (2018)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points to the need for more diversified funding and...
$40.00
Africa-Europe Relationships: A Multistakeholder Perspective
The relationships between Africa and Europe are of high strategic importance. This volume studies the ongoing dynamics between the two continents by adopting a pluralist understanding of international relations which encompasses non-state actors as well as states. Going beyond pure...
$78.00
Africa-Europe Relationships: A Multistakeholder Perspective
The relationships between Africa and Europe are of high strategic importance. This volume studies the ongoing dynamics between the two continents by adopting a pluralist understanding of international relations which encompasses non-state actors as well as states. Going beyond pure...
$221.00
Africa-China-Taiwan Relations, 1949-2020
The ongoing tension and hostility between China and Taiwan in Africa are a continuation of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) between the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which remained in mainland China, and the Kuomintang (KMT) of the...
$58.00
Africa-China-Taiwan Relations, 1949-2020
The ongoing tension and hostility between China and Taiwan in Africa are a continuation of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) between the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which remained in mainland China, and the Kuomintang (KMT) of the...
$176.00
Africa-China Relations: Partnership, Peonage or Pawnage?
This book examines Africa-China interactions, which over the last two decades have deepened across a range of areas notably politics, economics, trade, diplomacy, culture, construction, security, and ICT. The setting up of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in 2000...
$182.00
Africa-China Relations: Neocolonialism or Strategic Partnership
In the last one decade, the world has witnessed the emergence of China as a global power. As a consequence of its rapid economic development as the second largest in the world today, and of its growing role in the...
$126.00
Africa-China Cooperation: Towards an African Policy on China? (2021)
This book offers a range of perspectives on the Africa–China partnership in the context of the Forum on China and Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Incorporating historical, political, social and cultural dimensions, it offers innovative views on the Africa–China relationship that combine...
$169.00