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Africa and the diaspora : intersectionality and interconnections / / Jamaine M. Abidogun, Sterling Recker, editors
Africa and the diaspora : intersectionality and interconnections / / Jamaine M. Abidogun, Sterling Recker, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (193 pages)
Disciplina 967
Soggetto topico National characteristics, African
ISBN 3-030-73415-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Framing Africa and the Diaspora Intersectionalities and Interconnections -- Introduction -- What Is Intersectionality? -- Purpose -- Overview and Connections -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Films -- Chapter 2: Revisiting the "Africa Is Sine Qua Non" Controversy: Stokely Carmichael and Walter Rodney -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: From African Natives to Native Americans: Charles Templeman Loram in North America -- Early Life and Work -- The 1920s -- Charles Loram and Native Americans -- Loram and the Navajo Indian Problem -- Conclusion: Loram's Legacy -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Performing Mariage Mondial Through Social Media -- Methods -- Why Marriage Continues to Matter: Historical Context of Mande Marriage -- A Nice Day for a White Wedding: Framing Marriage via Social Media -- Social Media as a Means of Sharing Weddings -- Increased Consumption of Imported Beauty Products and Emphasis on the Self -- Women's Increased Role in Wedding Planning: Tertiary Education and the Job Market -- Achieving Independence from Natal Families in the Form of Middle-Class Status -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: The Black Panther, Bridging the Gaps That Separate Us? -- Introduction -- Diaspora -- Dispersion of Africans and Attempts at Unification -- Wakanda as Black Africa -- Did Black Panther Really Bridge the Gaps That Separate Us? -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Obligation of Eldercare in the Context of Pentecostal Charismatic Churches -- Introduction -- Cultural-Ecological Foundations of Relationality -- Relationality in the Ghanaian Context -- Methodology -- Participants -- Procedure -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Behavioral Economics in North Kivu: Understanding the Complexity of Economic Rationality in Eastern Congo.
Introduction -- Complexity Economics -- Measuring and Defining Complexity -- Game Theory and Economic Behavior -- Case Study: Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Rational Versus Reactive Behavior -- Policy Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: One Nation Under Development? Comparing the Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Ghana and Nigeria -- Introduction -- Nigeria's Regulations of the Oil and Gas Industry -- Ghanaian Legislation and Community Responses -- Practice Theory -- Applying Practice Theory to Ghanaian Communities in the Oil and Gas Zone -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: To Be an African City Under an Oil Dictatorship: Conflictual Intersections Seen from Ethnicity and Race in Malabo and Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) -- Introduction: Ethnicity, Race, and Power -- Bioko and Malabo: A Contradictory Equatorial Guinean Centrality -- Malabo: A Heterogeneous Population Living on the Border-Line -- Districts, Race, Inter-ethnic Co-existence and Fanguization of the City -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Africa and the Diaspora: Findings in Intersectionalities and Interconnections -- Discussion -- Future Research -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Africa in a changing world order : marginal but meaningful? / / Malte Brosig
Africa in a changing world order : marginal but meaningful? / / Malte Brosig
Autore Brosig Malte
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (234 pages)
Disciplina 327.6
Soggetto topico Diplomatic relations
ISBN 3-030-75409-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Global Order Debate and Africa -- Mapping the Global Order Debate -- Defining World Order -- The Changing Global Order: Recent Trends -- Living in a De-centralised Global Order -- Africa in a Densely Inter-connected World -- References -- 2 Conceptualising Marginality: Africa's Place in the Global Order -- Thinking About Marginality in Global Order -- Subaltern Realism and Marginality in Global Order -- Conceptualising Options for Subaltern Actors -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The African Security Regime Complex: Innovation in a Decentred Global Order -- Regime Complexity -- African Security in World Affairs: Foreign Military in Africa -- The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) -- Practicing Regime Complexity -- Innovating Global Order -- Expert Interview: Gilbert Khadiagala -- References -- 4 International Criminal Justice as Normative Order: Africa and the ICC -- How the Court Operates -- The African Union's Challenge to the ICC -- The Cases of Sudan and Kenya: Peace vs Justice -- Diplomatic Immunity and Impunity -- Imperial Justice -- Africa, Geopolitics and the ICC -- Concluding Observations: Shaping Normative Orders Africa's Non-marginal Role -- Expert Interview: Navi Pillay -- References -- 5 Economics -- Africa's Position in the Global Economic Order -- Shaping the Global Economic Architecture -- African Agency in Trade Talks -- Western Africa -- Southern Africa -- Concluding Observations: Evaluating African Positions in Trade Talks -- Expert Interview: Carlos Lopes -- References -- 6 COVID-19 and Global Order -- The Pandemic Order -- Africa and COVID-19 -- Pandemic Geopolitics: Accelerating Tensions -- Vaccination and Global Order -- Conclusion -- Expert Interview: Richard Mihigo -- References.
7 Conclusion: Marginal but Meaningful-Analysing Africa's Role in Global Order -- Africa Operating in the Global Order -- References -- Index.
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Brosig Malte  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
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Africa Since Independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent
Africa Since Independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent
Autore NUGENT, Paul
Pubbl/distr/stampa Basingstoke [etc.], : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Descrizione fisica XIX, 620 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 960.3
ISBN 0-333-68273-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISA-990002399650203316
NUGENT, Paul  
Basingstoke [etc.], : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Africa since independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent
Africa since independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent
Autore NUGENT, Paul
Pubbl/distr/stampa Houndmills, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Descrizione fisica xix, 620 p. : c. geogr. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 960(STORIA DELL'AFRICA)
Soggetto topico AFRICA - Storia
ISBN 03-336-8273-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNIOR-UON00250957
NUGENT, Paul  
Houndmills, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Africa's agricultural renaissance : from paradox to powerhouse / / Ayodele Odusola
Africa's agricultural renaissance : from paradox to powerhouse / / Ayodele Odusola
Autore Odusola Ayodele
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (508 pages)
Disciplina 338.1096
Soggetto topico Agriculture - Africa
Agriculture and state - Africa
ISBN 3-030-65748-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Part I: African Agriculture's Potential, Performance, Lessons, and Challenges -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Agriculture as the Fulcrum of Inclusive Development in Africa -- 2.1 Africa's Comparative Advantages in Agriculture -- 2.2 Agriculture and National Development -- 2.3 Why Invest in Agriculture for Africa? -- 2.3.1 Can Africa Avoid the Malthusian Trap? -- 2.4 Agriculture and the SDGs -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Africa's Agriculture Today: Performance, Challenges, and Its Political Economy -- 3.1 The Agricultural Sector Performance -- 3.1.1 An Overview -- 3.1.2 How Is Africa Performing on Agricultural Productivity? -- 3.1.3 What Is the Current Level of Fertilizer Utilization in Africa? -- 3.1.4 How Is Africa Faring on Agricultural Mechanization? -- 3.2 Challenges Facing the Agricultural Sector -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.3 What Are the Impediments to Agricultural Transformation That Require Urgent Priority Actions? -- 3.3.1 Macroeconomic Misalignment -- 3.3.2 Limited Access to Finances -- 3.3.3 Urban Development Policy Bias Decapitalizes Agriculture -- 3.3.4 Limited Knowledge and Investment in Post-Harvest Loss Management -- 3.3.5 Limited Access to Agricultural Inputs -- 3.3.6 Inadequate Attention Given to Water-Soil-Productivity Linkage Through Rainfed Agriculture -- 3.3.7 Heavy Burden of Tariff Barriers, Non-Tariff Barriers, and Globalization -- 3.3.8 Climate and Ecological Changes Remain Serious Threats -- 3.3.9 Exclusion of Youth in the Design and Implementation of Agricultural Ecosystem Policies and Programmes Is a Serious Impediment -- 3.3.10 Agricultural Performance Lacks Inclusivity and Sustainability -- 3.3.11 Limited Access to Productive Agricultural Land.
3.3.12 Other Drivers of Deficient Performance in Africa's Agricultural Sector Abound -- 3.4 Political Economy Mechanisms of Agricultural Reforms -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Agriculture as the Engine of Economic Transformation and Inclusive Development: Theory, Practice, and Empirical Evidence -- Chapter 4: Agriculture as a Strategy to Operationalize Growth-Poverty-Inequality Nexus: Theory and Evidence -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theoretical Perspectives -- 4.2.1 Traditional Versus Modern Sectors Approach -- 4.2.2 Classical Versus Non-Classical Approach -- 4.2.3 The Transmission Mechanism of Agriculture for Development -- 4.3 Evidence from Existing Studies -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Agriculture as a Powerhouse of Food Security and Economic Transformation in Africa -- 5.1 Context -- 5.2 Food Security in Africa -- 5.3 Drivers of Food Security in Africa -- 5.4 Tapping Agribusiness for Economic Transformation -- 5.4.1 Promoting Agrobusiness in Africa Is Sound Economics and Development Imperatives -- 5.4.2 The Potential of Agribusiness in Africa -- 5.4.3 What Must Be Done Differently to Unleash the Massive Potential of Agribusiness in Africa? -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Agriculture as a Powerhouse of Inclusive Development in Africa -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Emerging Evidence on Agriculture as a Potential Powerhouse in Africa -- 6.2.1 Agriculture's Impact on Employment -- 6.2.2 Agriculture's Impact on Inequality and Rural Poverty -- 6.2.3 Agriculture's Elasticity of Poverty and Income Inequality -- 6.2.4 The Role of Productivity -- 6.3 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Case Studies on Agricultural Transformation from Africa, Asia, and Latin America -- Chapter 7: Introduction to Regional Case Studies -- 7.1 The Context -- 7.2 Regional Drivers of Agricultural Transformation -- 7.3 Conclusions.
References -- Chapter 8: Case Studies from Africa -- 8.1 The Case of Ethiopia -- 8.1.1 Context -- 8.1.2 Setting the Pace for Agricultural Transformation -- 8.1.2.1 Progress in Increasing Access to Land -- 8.1.2.2 Trailblazing Agricultural Extension Services -- 8.1.2.3 Making Farming More Market-Oriented through a Commodity Exchange -- 8.1.2.4 Establishing Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency -- 8.1.2.5 Expanding Agribusiness -- 8.1.3 Critical Success Factors and Conclusions -- 8.2 The Case of Ghana -- 8.2.1 Context -- 8.2.2 Why is Ghana's Agriculture not Leading the Structural Economic Transformation Process? -- 8.2.2.1 Some Progress on Agricultural Transformation -- 8.2.2.2 Challenges Impeding Accelerated Progress -- 8.2.3 Some Policy Actions for Agricultural Transformation -- 8.2.4 Conclusions -- 8.3 The Case of Mauritius -- 8.3.1 Context -- 8.3.2 What Makes Mauritius' Structural Economic Transformation Unique? -- 8.3.3 Key Drivers of Progress -- 8.3.4 Emerging Challenges Requiring Urgent Attention -- 8.3.5 Conclusions -- 8.4 The Case of Morocco -- 8.4.1 Context -- 8.4.2 What Are the Factors Shaping the Agricultural Landscape and Transformation in Morocco? -- 8.4.3 Key Challenges Impeding Progress -- 8.4.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Case Studies from Asia -- 9.1 The Case of China -- 9.1.1 Context -- 9.1.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 9.1.3 Lessons and Challenges -- 9.2 The Case of India -- 9.2.1 Context -- 9.2.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 9.2.3 Lessons and Challenges -- 9.3 The Case of the Republic of China (Taiwan) -- 9.3.1 Context -- 9.3.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 9.3.3 Lessons and Challenges -- 9.4 The Case of South Korea -- 9.4.1 Context -- 9.4.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 9.4.3 Lessons and Challenges -- References.
Chapter 10: Case Studies from Latin America -- 10.1 The Case of Argentina -- 10.1.1 Context and Overview of Structural Economic Transformation -- 10.1.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 10.1.2.1 Enforcement of Agricultural Regulations and Rural Landownership -- 10.1.2.2 Technology Adoption and Diffusion -- 10.1.2.3 Stronger Collective Institutions -- 10.1.2.4 Liberalization of Agricultural Policy -- 10.1.3 Lessons and Challenges -- 10.2 The Case of Brazil -- 10.2.1 The Context -- 10.2.2 Overview of Brazil's Structural Economic Transformation -- 10.2.3 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 10.2.3.1 Evidence-based Integrated Agricultural Plans, Policies, and Programmes -- 10.2.3.2 Implementation of a Dynamic Rural Credit Scheme -- 10.2.3.3 Strong Agricultural Extension, Research, and Technological Capacities -- 10.2.3.4 The Price Support Programme -- 10.2.3.5 Sustainable Agricultural Practice -- 10.2.3.6 Strong Partnership and Competitive Trade Policies -- 10.2.4 Lessons and Challenges -- 10.3 The Case of Costa Rica -- 10.3.1 Context and Overview of Structural Economic Transformation -- 10.3.2 Innovations Driving Agricultural Transformation -- 10.3.3 Key Lessons and Challenges -- References -- Part IV: Towards an Agricultural Powerhouse in Africa -- Chapter 11: Policies and Programmes for an Agricultural Powerhouse in Africa -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Leveraging the Power of Political Economy of the Agricultural Sector -- 11.3 Prioritizing Transformation of Small-Scale Farmers -- 11.4 Accelerating Agricultural Productivity as the Game Changer -- 11.5 Strengthening Special Agricultural Zones or Corridors -- 11.6 Making Agricultural Transformation Mutually Reinforcing to Environmental Sustainability -- 11.7 Making Agriculture a Strategy for Entrepreneurial Transformation for Youth.
11.8 Taking Agriculture to the Next Level Through Digitalization in Africa -- 11.9 Strong Stakeholders Partnership and Collaboration -- 11.10 Integrated Partnerships Across National, Regional, and Global Actors -- 11.10.1 The National-level Actions -- 11.10.2 The Continental-Level Actions -- 11.10.3 The Global-Level Actions -- 11.11 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Conclusions -- 12.1 Using Africa's Agricultural Renaissance to Turn Paradox to Powerhouse -- 12.2 Key Findings and Policy Messages -- 12.3 A Home-Grown Paradigm Shift to Propel Agricultural Powerhouse -- 12.4 Conclusions -- References -- Annexes -- Annex A: Bilateral Relationships between Sustainable Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- Annex B: Model Specification and Data Description -- References -- Index.
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Odusola Ayodele  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
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Africa's Engagement with the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century
Africa's Engagement with the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century
Autore Erameh Nicholas Idris
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (421 pages)
Disciplina 341.584096
Altri autori (Persone) OjakorotuVictor
Collana Africa's Global Engagement: Perspectives from Emerging Countries Series
ISBN 981-9981-63-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- Philosophical, Theoretical and Historical Overview of The Responsibility to Protect -- Africa's Engagement with the Responsibility to Protect in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- References -- Responsibility-to-Protect and a Tri-dimensional Methodology: Exploring the Epistemic-Morality of an Interventionist Principle -- Introduction and the Problem Statement -- The Conceptual Framework and Analysis -- The Principle of the Responsibility-to-Protect (RtoP) at the International Level: A Brevity of the Evolution -- Some Arguments For and Against the RtoP Principle in Contemporary Period -- Against -- For -- A Tri-dimensional Methodology of Evaluation, the R2P Principle, and Justification -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- From Peacekeeping to Responsibility to Protect: Unpacking the Genealogy and History of the RtoP Doctrine in the International Humanitarian System -- Introduction -- Peacekeeping: Unpacking Its Origin, Development and Contexts -- Conceptualizing Peacekeeping -- Origins and Development of Peacekeeping -- The Contexts of Peacekeeping -- Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Doctrine: Origin and Contending Views -- What Is the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP)? -- Origin and Evolution of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) -- Pillars of the R2P Doctrine -- The First Pillar -- The Second Pillar -- The Third Pillar -- From Peacekeeping to Responsibility to Protect (RtoP): A Metamorphosis of Mandate? -- A Prognosis on the RtoP and the Rise of Responsibility While Protecting (RwP) -- Conclusion -- References -- Theory and Pratice of The Responsibility to Protect in Africa -- Responsibility to Protect in Libya or Regime Change? What We Have Learned? -- Introduction -- Background to NATO Invasion of Libya.
The Principle of Just Cause and Libyan Intervention -- The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Implementation in Libya, How Far Did NATO Prevent, React, and Rebuilt Libya? -- Conclusion -- References -- Horizontal Inequality and Violence in Cote d'Ivoire: The Complexity of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Doctrine -- Introduction -- Build-up to Armed Violence in Côte d'Ivoire -- Application of the Principle of Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) in Côte d'Ivoire -- References -- On Responsibility for the Security of Others: An Ethnographic Case Study of Civilian Joint Task Force Insurgent Peace in Borno State, North-Eastern Region of Nigeria -- Introduction -- Insurgent Peace and the Responsibility to Protect -- Local Security and Insurgent Peace -- The CJTF's Responsibility to Protect Versus Local Security -- The Introduction of the Responsibility to Protect -- The Direction of the CJTF Local Security -- Local Security and the Responsibility to Protect: An Unstable Calm? -- Standpoints from Fieldwork in Borno State -- Ideological Misperceptions -- The Conflation of Local Security Mechanisms and the Responsibility to Protect -- The Local Politics of the Responsibility to Protect -- Implications of the Responsibility to Protect Mandate for the CJTF's Insurgent Peace Plan and Local Security -- Conclusion -- References -- Conflict-Proofing Civilian Protection Rules in the Sahel: The Challenge of the Responsibility to Protect -- Introduction -- The Right to Protect Civilians in Non-international Armed Conflicts -- Obligations Not to Direct Attacks Against Civilians -- Prohibition of Indiscriminate Attacks -- Prohibition of Attacks on Non-military Objects -- Prohibitions Relating to Human Rights in Armed Conflict -- Prohibition of Serious Human Rights Violations -- Prohibition of Acts of Sexual Violence.
The Ineffectiveness of Local Prevention and Protection Approaches -- Insufficient Civilian Means of Prevention -- Inadequate Protection Responses -- Conclusion -- References -- The Anglophone Cameroon Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect -- Introduction -- Perspectives on Anglophone Cameroon Crisis: A Literature Review -- The Genesis of the Anglophone Cameroon Crisis: A Historical Background -- The Anglophone Cameroon Crisis -- The Situation in Anglophone Cameroon and the RtoP: Making a Case for the RtoP -- Challenges to the RtoP in Anglophone Cameroon: Reasons for Failure -- Conclusion -- References -- The Responsibility to Protect and International Community Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Conceptual Clarification & -- Theoretical Discourse -- The Ethology of International Community Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria. -- Conclusion -- References -- From Regionalization of Peacekeeping to the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) in Africa: The Gambia Experience -- Introduction -- Review of Related Literature -- Gambia's 2016 Election Crisis: A Brief Overview -- The Post-Election Crisis in the Gambia and Regional Efforts to Maintain Peace -- ECOWAS's Military Intervention, the People's Reaction and Its Implications -- Conclusion & -- Recommendation -- References -- The Responsibility to Protect in American Foreign Policy Towards Africa -- Introduction -- Literature Review on U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Africa -- Responsibility to Protect and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa -- Temporary Protected Status to Cameroon Nationals -- Military Intervention in Libya's Arab Spring -- The Strategic Relevance of the U.S. Africa Command -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- Emerging and Contending Issues from The Pratice of The Responsibility to Protect in Africa.
The African Union, Responsibility to Protect and the Mantra of African Solutions to Africa Problems -- Introduction -- The Responsibility to Protect -- The Mantra of African Solutions to African Problems -- AU and R2P in Africa -- AU and the Operationalization of African Solutions to African Problems -- Problems Associated with AU Operationalization of African Solutions to African Problems -- Conclusion -- References -- Implementing the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP): Coordinating Approaches Between the United Nations Security Council and the International Criminal Court -- Introduction -- Unpacking the Atrocity Crimes Underpinning the RtoP -- Unpacking the UNSC Mandate -- Unpacking the ICC Mandate -- Linkages Between the UNSC and ICC -- Problems Underpinning the UNSC-ICC Relationship -- African Contestation of the ICC -- Moving Forward -- Conclusion -- References -- Peace Enforcement in the Face of International Military Intervention -- Introduction -- Definition of Terms -- Theoretical Underpinnings -- The Conflict Triangle -- Liberal Democratic Peace and Peacekeeping Operations -- Has International Military Interventions Ever Worked? -- International Military Interventions: Making Case for Communal Resilience and Empowerment Agenda -- Communal Resilience -- Empowerment Agenda -- Final Reflections -- References -- The Media, Armed Conflict, and the Responsibility to Protect -- Background to the Study -- News Reportage of Conflicts in Nigeria -- Social Responsibility of the Media vs. Responsibility to Protect -- Methodology -- Journalists' Views of the Responsibility to Protect and Importance of the Concept to the Vulnerable -- Journalists' Strategies of Reporting to Achieve Responsibility to Protect in Conflicts -- Challenges Faced by Journalists in Reporting Conflicts -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Personal Interviews -- References.
The Legal Discourse on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Africa -- Introduction -- International Law and the Fundamental International Norms Impacting the R2P -- Sovereign Equality of States -- Sovereignty and Non-Intervention -- Prohibition of the Threat of or Use of Force -- The R2P and Africa: An Overview -- The African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and the Legal Questions of R2P in Africa -- State Sovereignty and R2P in Africa -- Intervention, Treaty-based Multilateral Actions, and R2P in Africa -- The Principle of Subsidiarity and R2P in Africa -- The Scope, Nature of Intervention, and R2P in Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and the Avoidance of Responsibility: Ending Atrocity Crimes in Northern Nigeria -- Introduction -- Overview of the Responsibility to Protect RtoP -- Overview of Atrocity Crimes: Types and What They Are -- Genocide -- War Crimes -- Crimes Against Humanity -- Ethnic Cleansing -- Mass Killing -- Overview of Human Right Violations and Atrocity Crimes in Nigeria -- Boko Haram's Actions in Nigeria's North-East -- Bandits/Fulani Militants' Activities in the North central and Northwest Regions -- Atrocity Crimes, the International Community and Non-Authorisation of RtoP in Nigeria -- First Argument: RtoP and Controversies of Norm Status -- Second Argument: RtoP as Smokescreen for Advancing Western Interests -- Third Argument: RtoP, Divisive Intervention Outcomes -- The International Community and Non-Authorisation of RtoP in Nigeria -- References -- Environmental Challenges, Climate Change and the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) in Africa -- Introduction -- Background to Environmental Challenges and Climate Change in Africa -- The Concept of Environmental Responsibility to Protect (RtoP).
Role of African Regional Organisations in Integrating RtoP Principles into Environmental Policies and Strategies-A Case Study of African Union Agenda 2063.
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Erameh Nicholas Idris  
Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024
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Africa-China cooperation : towards an African policy on China? / / Philani Mthembu, Faith Mabera, editors
Africa-China cooperation : towards an African policy on China? / / Philani Mthembu, Faith Mabera, editors
Edizione [1st ed. 2021.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XI, 240 p. 1 illus.)
Disciplina 327.510609047
Collana International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
ISBN 3-030-53039-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Chapter 1. Africa’s changing geopolitics: towards an African policy on China? -- Chapter 2. A call for an African policy framework towards China -- Chapter 3. Regionalizing Sino-African diplomatic engagement: Kagame and overcoming the ‘One and the Many’ paradigm -- Chapter 4. The need for Africa’s common policy towards China: a decolonial Afrocentric perspective -- Chapter 5. Pan-African perspectives on international relations - Africa and China -- Chapter 6. The role of China’s development finance in Africa: towards enhancing African agency? -- Chapter 7. China’s evolving approach to the African peace and security agenda: rationale, trends and implications -- Chapter 8. Cultural approaches to Africa’s engagement with China -- Chapter 9. One or many voices? : public diplomacy and its impact on an African policy towards China -- Chapter 10. The EU and Africa: a multilateral model for the future of Africa-China relations?.
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African farmers, value chains and agricultural development : an economic and institutional perspective / / Alan de Brauw, Erwin Bulte
African farmers, value chains and agricultural development : an economic and institutional perspective / / Alan de Brauw, Erwin Bulte
Autore De Brauw Alan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (223 pages)
Disciplina 338.10967
Collana Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
Soggetto topico Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN 3-030-88693-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 African Smallholders and Their Market Environment -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Transaction Costs: The Elephant in the Room -- 1.3 The Weakest Shoulders and the Heaviest Burden -- 1.4 Value Chain Development -- 1.5 Policies and Interventions -- 1.6 What This Book Tries to Do (and Does not Do) -- References -- 2 African Agricultural Value Chains: A Brief Historical Overview -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Precolonial Farming -- 2.3 The Scramble for Africa -- 2.4 Extraction and Growth During Colonial Times -- 2.5 Taxing Farmers: African Agriculture After Decolonization -- 2.6 From Taxation to Protection -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Economic Theory and Value Chain Governance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 How Value Chains Are Governed -- 3.3 Development and Value Chains -- 3.4 Formal and Informal Governance of Value Chains -- 3.5 Relational Contracting in More Detail -- 3.6 Policies, Projects, and Value Chain Performance: Competition and Insurance -- 3.7 Discussion and Conclusions -- Appendix: A Formal Model of Relational Contracting Between a Trader and a Farmer -- References -- 4 The Evolution of Agricultural Value Chains in Africa -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Types of Value Chains -- 4.3 Value Chain Services -- 4.4 Factors Shaping the Transition from Traditional to Complex Value Chains -- 4.4.1 Consequences of Income Growth, Inequality, and Urbanization -- 4.5 Contract Farming -- 4.6 Value Chain Finance -- 4.7 The Role of Imported Food in African Markets -- 4.8 Closing Words -- References -- 5 Smallholders and Markets -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Factor Markets -- 5.3 Input Markets -- 5.4 Output Markets -- 5.5 Smallholder Households -- 5.6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 6 Product Quality and Certification -- 6.1 Producers, Purchases, and Certifying Quality.
6.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Value Chain -- 6.2 Types of Certification -- 6.2.1 Quality Certification of Grains -- 6.2.2 Potential Unintended Consequences of Certification -- 6.3 Impacts of Certification on Smallholder Livelihoods -- 6.3.1 Vertical Integration and Outcomes -- 6.4 Summary -- References -- 7 Storage and Post-harvest Losses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Food Storage in Africa -- 7.2.1 Storing Perishables -- 7.3 Post-Harvest Losses -- 7.3.1 Post-Harvest Losses in Perishables -- 7.3.2 Hidden Challenges: Aflatoxins -- 7.4 How Can Improved Storage Work for the Poor? -- 7.4.1 Warehouse Receipts -- 7.4.2 Storage and Commodity Exchanges -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Silver Bullets? -- 8.1 Foreign Direct Investment and Farm Consolidation -- 8.2 Input Subsidy Programs -- 8.3 Innovation Platforms -- 8.4 Producer Organizations -- 8.5 ICT and Mobile Phones -- 8.5.1 The Benefits of ICT -- 8.5.2 The Impacts of ICTs on Rural Africa -- 8.6 Blockchain in Agriculture: Can It Lead to Growth? -- 8.7 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Structural Transformation 2.0: The Rocky Road Ahead… -- 9.1 Will Structural Transformation 1.0 Occur in Africa? -- 9.2 Approach 1: Bundling Interventions -- 9.3 Approach 2: Farm Consolidation -- 9.3.1 The Inverse Relationship Between Farm Size and Productivity -- 9.3.2 Hub and Spoke Systems? -- 9.4 Approach 3: Infrastructure Investments -- 9.4.1 Technology Infrastructure -- 9.5 Approach 4: Boosting Demand and Improving Regional Trade -- 9.6 Closing Words -- References -- Index.
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De Brauw Alan  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
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Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (130 pages)
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Soggetto topico Women - Africa, Southern - Social conditions
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 3-030-82128-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910523788803321
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
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ISBN 3-030-65995-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
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