Governance and internal wars in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the relationship / / by Abdulahi A. Osman |
Autore | Osman Abdulahi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Adonis & Abbey, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Civil war - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-909112-82-8
1-282-03088-4 9786612030888 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789086703321 |
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Governance and internal wars in Sub-Saharan Africa : exploring the relationship / / by Abdulahi A. Osman |
Autore | Osman Abdulahi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Adonis & Abbey, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Civil war - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-909112-82-8
1-282-03088-4 9786612030888 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810175203321 |
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Governance, democracy, human rights, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : the fiscal year 2012 proposed budget : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, May 10, 2011 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 60 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, American - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Economic development - Africa, Sub-Saharan Democracy - Africa, Sub-Saharan Human rights - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Governance, democracy, human rights, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701165803321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011 | ||
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Governing Africa's changing societies : dynamics of reform / / edited by Ellen M. Lust, Stephen N. Ndegwa ; contributors, Catherine Boone [and seven others] |
Autore | Lust Ellen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.967 |
Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African |
ISBN | 1-62637-106-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Challenges of Governance in Africa�s Changing Societies""; ""Prevailing Views of Reform""; ""Understanding Change: Microtransitions""; ""Three Transformations: Implications for Governance""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Democracy-Governance Connection""; ""A Democracy-Governance Connection?""; ""Macroconnections""; ""Microconnections""; ""The Arrow of Causality""; ""Electoral Alternation""; ""The Case of Mali""; ""A Representation Gap""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Democracy and Economic Performance""
""The Authoritarian Disadvantage""""A Democratic Dividend?""; ""The Paradox of Growth Without Prosperity""; ""Comparing Economic Performance""; ""Regimes, Transitions, and Growth""; ""Poverty and Popular Welfare""; ""Individual Perceptions and Measures of Welfare""; ""The Political Hazards of Economic Failure""; ""Explanations of Performance""; ""The International Dimension""; ""Prospects for Change?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-Contested Land Rights in Rural Africa""; ""Land Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Two Basic Variants of the Smallholder Land Regime"" ""Destabilization of Existing Land Regimes""""Land Tenure and Land Politics in Southern Ghana""; ""The Land Regime""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in Southern Ghana""; ""Land Law Reform in Ghana""; ""Land Tenure and Land Politics in the Farming Districts of the Rift Valley, Kenya""; ""Land Regimes in the Farming Districts of the Rift""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in the Rift""; ""Land Law Reform in Kenya""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Property Rights: Preferences and Reform""; ""A Theory of Resource Exploitation""; ""Revising a Revisionist Literature"" ""Study Design and Data Collection""""In the Shadow of a Permissive State""; ""Divergent Responses in Ga and Akyem Abuakwa""; ""The Institutional Consequences of Land Sales""; ""Paths Diverge""; ""Tying Changing Land Use toChanging Modes of Governance""; ""Some Alternative Explanations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Women�s Rights and Family Law Reform in Francophone Africa""; ""Actors and Alliances for Family Law Reform""; ""Legal Pluralism and the Context of Reform""; ""Perceptions of Justice and Rights""; ""Reforming Family Law""; ""Benin""; ""Senegal""; ""Mali""; ""Conclusion"" ""Notes""""7-Religion, Democracy, and Education Reform in the Sahel""; ""The Governance Context: Negotiating Islam and Democracy in the Sahel""; ""Reforming Education in the New Sociopolitical (Governance) Contexts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""8-Rethinking the Dynamics of Reform in Africa""; ""The Complexity of Reform""; ""Reconsidering Development""; ""The Way Forward""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787861603321 |
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Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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Governing Africa's changing societies : dynamics of reform / / edited by Ellen M. Lust, Stephen N. Ndegwa ; contributors, Catherine Boone [and seven others] |
Autore | Lust Ellen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.967 |
Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African |
ISBN | 1-62637-106-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Challenges of Governance in Africa�s Changing Societies""; ""Prevailing Views of Reform""; ""Understanding Change: Microtransitions""; ""Three Transformations: Implications for Governance""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Democracy-Governance Connection""; ""A Democracy-Governance Connection?""; ""Macroconnections""; ""Microconnections""; ""The Arrow of Causality""; ""Electoral Alternation""; ""The Case of Mali""; ""A Representation Gap""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Democracy and Economic Performance""
""The Authoritarian Disadvantage""""A Democratic Dividend?""; ""The Paradox of Growth Without Prosperity""; ""Comparing Economic Performance""; ""Regimes, Transitions, and Growth""; ""Poverty and Popular Welfare""; ""Individual Perceptions and Measures of Welfare""; ""The Political Hazards of Economic Failure""; ""Explanations of Performance""; ""The International Dimension""; ""Prospects for Change?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-Contested Land Rights in Rural Africa""; ""Land Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Two Basic Variants of the Smallholder Land Regime"" ""Destabilization of Existing Land Regimes""""Land Tenure and Land Politics in Southern Ghana""; ""The Land Regime""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in Southern Ghana""; ""Land Law Reform in Ghana""; ""Land Tenure and Land Politics in the Farming Districts of the Rift Valley, Kenya""; ""Land Regimes in the Farming Districts of the Rift""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in the Rift""; ""Land Law Reform in Kenya""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Property Rights: Preferences and Reform""; ""A Theory of Resource Exploitation""; ""Revising a Revisionist Literature"" ""Study Design and Data Collection""""In the Shadow of a Permissive State""; ""Divergent Responses in Ga and Akyem Abuakwa""; ""The Institutional Consequences of Land Sales""; ""Paths Diverge""; ""Tying Changing Land Use toChanging Modes of Governance""; ""Some Alternative Explanations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Women�s Rights and Family Law Reform in Francophone Africa""; ""Actors and Alliances for Family Law Reform""; ""Legal Pluralism and the Context of Reform""; ""Perceptions of Justice and Rights""; ""Reforming Family Law""; ""Benin""; ""Senegal""; ""Mali""; ""Conclusion"" ""Notes""""7-Religion, Democracy, and Education Reform in the Sahel""; ""The Governance Context: Negotiating Islam and Democracy in the Sahel""; ""Reforming Education in the New Sociopolitical (Governance) Contexts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""8-Rethinking the Dynamics of Reform in Africa""; ""The Complexity of Reform""; ""Reconsidering Development""; ""The Way Forward""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816355703321 |
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Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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Governing Africa's changing societies : dynamics of reform / / edited by Ellen M. Lust, Stephen N. Ndegwa ; contributors, Catherine Boone [and seven others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.967 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-62637-106-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Challenges of Governance in Africa�s Changing Societies""; ""Prevailing Views of Reform""; ""Understanding Change: Microtransitions""; ""Three Transformations: Implications for Governance""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Democracy-Governance Connection""; ""A Democracy-Governance Connection?""; ""Macroconnections""; ""Microconnections""; ""The Arrow of Causality""; ""Electoral Alternation""; ""The Case of Mali""; ""A Representation Gap""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Democracy and Economic Performance""
""The Authoritarian Disadvantage""""A Democratic Dividend?""; ""The Paradox of Growth Without Prosperity""; ""Comparing Economic Performance""; ""Regimes, Transitions, and Growth""; ""Poverty and Popular Welfare""; ""Individual Perceptions and Measures of Welfare""; ""The Political Hazards of Economic Failure""; ""Explanations of Performance""; ""The International Dimension""; ""Prospects for Change?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-Contested Land Rights in Rural Africa""; ""Land Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Two Basic Variants of the Smallholder Land Regime"" ""Destabilization of Existing Land Regimes""""Land Tenure and Land Politics in Southern Ghana""; ""The Land Regime""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in Southern Ghana""; ""Land Law Reform in Ghana""; ""Land Tenure and Land Politics in the Farming Districts of the Rift Valley, Kenya""; ""Land Regimes in the Farming Districts of the Rift""; ""Politicization of Land Issues in the Rift""; ""Land Law Reform in Kenya""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5-Property Rights: Preferences and Reform""; ""A Theory of Resource Exploitation""; ""Revising a Revisionist Literature"" ""Study Design and Data Collection""""In the Shadow of a Permissive State""; ""Divergent Responses in Ga and Akyem Abuakwa""; ""The Institutional Consequences of Land Sales""; ""Paths Diverge""; ""Tying Changing Land Use toChanging Modes of Governance""; ""Some Alternative Explanations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Women�s Rights and Family Law Reform in Francophone Africa""; ""Actors and Alliances for Family Law Reform""; ""Legal Pluralism and the Context of Reform""; ""Perceptions of Justice and Rights""; ""Reforming Family Law""; ""Benin""; ""Senegal""; ""Mali""; ""Conclusion"" ""Notes""""7-Religion, Democracy, and Education Reform in the Sahel""; ""The Governance Context: Negotiating Islam and Democracy in the Sahel""; ""Reforming Education in the New Sociopolitical (Governance) Contexts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""8-Rethinking the Dynamics of Reform in Africa""; ""The Complexity of Reform""; ""Reconsidering Development""; ""The Way Forward""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463752903321 |
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 | ||
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Islam in Africa south of the Sahara [[electronic resource] ] : essays in gender relations and political reform / / edited by Pade Badru, Brigid Maa Sackey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.0967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BadruPade
SackeyBrigid M |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Muslims - Africa, Sub-Saharan Sex role - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8108-8470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Historical origins of Islam in Africa and the basic principles of Islamic theocracy -- pt. II. Gender relations within Islam in Africa -- pt. III. The Sharia code and conditions of women in African Islam -- pt. IV. Political Islam and Africa and the African diaspora. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465669403321 |
Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 | ||
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Islam in Africa south of the Sahara [[electronic resource] ] : essays in gender relations and political reform / / edited by Pade Badru, Brigid Maa Sackey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.0967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BadruPade
SackeyBrigid M |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Muslims - Africa, Sub-Saharan Sex role - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 0-8108-8470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Historical origins of Islam in Africa and the basic principles of Islamic theocracy -- pt. II. Gender relations within Islam in Africa -- pt. III. The Sharia code and conditions of women in African Islam -- pt. IV. Political Islam and Africa and the African diaspora. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792185403321 |
Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 | ||
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Islam in Africa south of the Sahara : essays in gender relations and political reform / / edited by Pade Badru, Brigid Maa Sackey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 297.0967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BadruPade
SackeyBrigid M |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Muslims - Africa, Sub-Saharan Sex role - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 0-8108-8470-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Historical origins of Islam in Africa and the basic principles of Islamic theocracy -- pt. II. Gender relations within Islam in Africa -- pt. III. The Sharia code and conditions of women in African Islam -- pt. IV. Political Islam and Africa and the African diaspora. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815495903321 |
Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2013 | ||
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Making and unmaking nations : war, leadership, and genocide in modern Africa / / Scott Straus ; cover design, David Baldeosingh Rotstein |
Autore | Straus Scott <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
Disciplina | 364.15/10967 |
Soggetto topico |
Genocide - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Nation-building - Africa, Sub-Saharan Political leadership - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8014-5567-7
0-8014-7968-1 0-8014-5568-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The Puzzle of Genocide -- Part I. Concepts and Theory -- Chapter 1. The Concept and Logic of Genocide -- Chapter 2. Escalation and Restraint -- Chapter 3. A Theory of Genocide -- Part II. Empirics -- Chapter 4. Mass Categorical Violence and Genocide in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008 -- Chapter 5. Retreating From The Brink In Côte D'Ivoire -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Dialogue in Mali -- Chapter 7. Pluralism and Accommodation in Senegal -- Chapter 8. Endangered Arab-Islamic Nationalism in Sudan -- Chapter 9. Fighting for the Hutu Revolution in Rwanda -- Conclusion. Making Nations And Preventing Their Unmaking -- Appendix. Identifying The Risk Of Genocide And Mass Categorical Violence -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463936003321 |
Straus Scott <1970->
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Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2015 | ||
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