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UNINA9910460697703321 |
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Marc Alexandre <1956-> |
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The challenge of stability and security in West Africa / / Alexandre Marc, Neelam Verjee, and Stephen Mogaka |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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National security - Africa, West |
Conflict management - Africa, West |
Political stability - Africa, West |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Note; References; 1 An Overview of Conflict and Violence in West Africa; Tables; 1.1 Selected Conflicts in West Africa; The Nature of Violence and Conflict in West Africa; Figures; 1.1 State-Based Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Subregion, 1960-2012; Boxes; 1.1 Violence after the End of the Cold War; 1.2 Fatalities from Organized Violence in West Africa, 1989-2012; 1.3 Estimates of Fatalities from Organized Violence in East, Central, and Southern Africa, 1989-2012 |
1.4 Combination of Drivers That Created and Sustained Conditions for Civil War in Côte d'Ivoire1.2 Legacy of Guinea-Bissau's Protracted and Violent Anticolonial Insurgency; 1.3 Theories of Civil War and Political Violence: Greed versus Grievance; 1.4 Overlapping Forms of Violence in Nigeria; 1.5 Guinea-Bissau's Fragility Trap; 1.6 Subregional Conflict Systems: The Example of the Mano River Basin; Maps; 1.1 Conflict Systems in West Africa; The Rapidly Changing Nature of Violence in West Africa; Notes; References |
2 Addressing Emerging Threats: Trafficking, Maritime Piracy, and Religious ExtremismThe Scourge of Narcotrafficking; 2.1 Flow of |
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Cocaine from Latin America via West Africa to Europe; 2.1 Estimated Value of Flows of Some Trafficked Goods in West Africa; Maritime Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea; 2.2 Piracy Incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, 2012; The Rise of Religious Extremism in West Africa; 2.1 Niger: Holding Fast in a Troubled Neighborhood; Recommendations for Addressing Emerging Threats; Notes; References; 3 Tackling the Complex Challenges of Youth and Migration |
The Challenge of Youth Inclusion: Promise or Peril?Migration: A Subregion on the Move; 3.1 Intraregional Migration within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Notes; References; 4 Redressing Regional Imbalances and Distributing Mineral Resource Revenues More Equitably; The Time Bomb of Regional Imbalances; 4.1 Access to Electricity and Education in the North and South of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria; 4.2 Access to Electricity and Education in Nigeria, by Ethnicity and Religion, 2008 |
4.3 Access to Electricity and Education in Côte d'Ivoire, by Ethnicity and Religion, 20134.4 Access to Electricity and Education in Ghana, by Ethnicity and Religion, 2009; Avoiding the "Resource Curse" by Recognizing and Addressing Social Grievances; 4.5 Gross Domestic Product and Significance of Extractive Industry Investment in West Africa, by Country, 2005 and 2012; 4.1 Lessons from Ghana on Transparency in Extractives; Notes; References; 5 Managing the Competition for Power in Order to Reduce the Fragility of Political Institutions; The Postcolonial Centralization of Power |
5.1 Fatalities as a Result of Election-Related Violence in West Africa |
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Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten toundermine so |
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UNISA996395594403316 |
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Autore |
Sorocold Thomas <1561-1617.> |
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Supplications of saints [[electronic resource] ] : A booke of prayers and prayses. In four parts. 1. Daniels deuotio[n]. 2. Pauls assembly. 3. Davids suite. 4. Moses song. [brace] prayers for [brace] 1. Thrice every day. 2. Companies. 3. Every one alone. 4. Praises & graces. Wherein are three most excellent prayers, made by the late famous Queene Elizabeth / / by Tho. Sorocold |
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London, : Printed by I.D. for Henry Ouerton, and ar[e to] be sold at his shop at the entrance in of Popes head Alley, out of Lumbard Streete., 1634 |
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Edizione |
[The twentie one edition, corrected and enlarged.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Prayers |
Devotional literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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In three parts; each part has divisional t.p.'s; register and pagination are continuous. |
Title within ornamental border, headpieces, initials, printed marginalia. |
Signatures: A-R¹² S¹¹. |
Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library |
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UNINA9910495969003321 |
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Autore |
Thomson David <1912-1970.> |
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Renaissance Paris : architecture and growth, 1475-1600 / / David Thomson [[electronic resource]] |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1984 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Architecture, Renaissance - France - Paris |
Architecture - France - Paris |
Buildings - France - Paris |
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 209-210. |
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Style and Topography -- Late Gothic and Early Renaissance Houses -- Municipal and Royal Building up to 1559 -- Haut-Bourgeois and Aristocratic Building, 1540-1600 -- Later Sixteenth-Century Royal Building. |
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