African & Third World Politics

This book assesses how the idea of 'progress' has informed scholarly debate about the present and future of Zimbabwe._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies...

This volume examines the extent to which the EU is threatened by patterns of African crisis, alongside Africa's peace, security and development initiatives. The contributors analyze current migration flows from Africa to Europe, and the challenges and prospects of a comprehensive EU strategy for Afr..

This book focuses on the 'new globalization', the most expansive and technologically advanced of all the phases of globalization. It identifies and discusses many of the frontier issues in Africa that are being impacted by the dynamics of this new globalization - debt, human rights, development, sta..

This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals. _x000D_ Thi..

This book explores the complex relationships that bind states, transnational rebels and extremist organizations, and borders on the African continent. It examines the alliances and conflicts between rebels, violent extremist organizations, and the spread of Islamist violence...

This book examines and assesses the principal international economic organizations (IEO’s) based in Africa, analysing how African IEOs have evolved and what contributions they have made to the continents's socio-economic development...

This title was first published in 2002: This engaging account is the first in-depth research that deals with the recent phenomenon in conflicts in Africa where African states and African military intervene in conflicts either in neighbouring states or beyond. Breaking new ground in identifying the k..

This book presents recent reforms in selected African parliaments – Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Benin, Zambia, Ethiopia, Liberia and Nigeria. It also presents cross-cutting innovations by African parliaments – in fighting corruption, in providing development to constituents and in combat..

Well researched and insightful, this volume examines the historical and contemporary discourse on African development and the continent's place in the global economy. This timely resource is suitable for students and policy makers concerned with development in the African post-colonies...

For the first time, Edward Akuffo combines historical and contemporary material on Canada's development and security policy while analysing the linkage between these sets of foreign policy practices on the African continent. The book makes an important contribution to the debate on Canada's foreign..

For the first time, Edward Akuffo combines historical and contemporary material on Canada's development and security policy while analysing the linkage between these sets of foreign policy practices on the African continent. The book makes an important contribution to the debate on Canada's foreign..

This book examines the effectiveness and sustainability of China's foreign aid in Africa, as well as the political, economic and diplomatic factors that influence Chinese aid disbursement policies...