African & Third World Politics

The book argues that the outcomes of Sino-European bilateral dealings on security risk management in Africa are determined by the ability/inability of these officials to build political trust as a complex and cognitive social phenomenon. ..

This book charts the history of political violence in eastern Africa over the years 1940 to 1990, from liberation struggles of the nationalist movements to the conflicts and insurrections of the Cold War._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies...

This book charts the history of political violence in eastern Africa over the years 1940 to 1990, from liberation struggles of the nationalist movements to the conflicts and insurrections of the Cold War._x005F_x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African..

This book explores the struggle for legitimate, accountable government in postcolonial Southern Africa. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection focuses on dilemmas arising where ex-liberation movements form the governing parties._x005F_x000D_ T..

This book explores the struggle for legitimate, accountable government in postcolonial Southern Africa. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection focuses on dilemmas arising where ex-liberation movements form the governing parties._x005F_x005F_x0..

The book provides new understandings on the issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for policy frameworks to help African governments and the world community to alleviate poverty. The contributors focus on practical issues as the best approach to formulate and implement pove..

Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study, first published in 1990, deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. Arguing that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the s..

First published in 1984, this collection of twelve case studies examines the emergence of a free wage-labour force in all regions of the third world. Although the struggle and conflict through which the proletariat has achieved a degree of class consciousness is not neglected, the more dominant them..

In recent years, many constitutions in Africa have been drafted anew or considerably revised, with the "international community" often encouraging participatory constitution making processes. This book questions the glorification of public participation and explains what lessons can be drawn from ex..

This book takes stock of national political developments in Ethiopia since the formal adoption of multi-party politics and ethnic federalism in 1991. Chapters on ethnic federalism, revolutionary democracy, opposition parties, the press, the judiciary, state-religion, and state-foreign donor relation..

This title was first published in 2003. This volume advances our understanding of how Southern Africa is currently being reconfigured, critically examining what has been marketed as the 'flagship' of the Spatial Development Initiative programme in Southern Africa : the Maputo Development Corridor (M..

This book surveys the socio-economic, intellectual and security related dimensions of African regionalisms since the turn of the 20th century. It argues that the continent deserves to be considered as a crucible for conceptualizing and contextualizing the ongoing influence of colonial policies, the ..