Africa and Globalization : Challenges of Governance and Creativity / / edited by Toyin Falola, Kenneth Kalu |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
Disciplina | 337.16 |
Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
Soggetto topico |
Africa—History
Ethnology—Africa Africa—Politics and government Economic development African History African Culture African Politics Development Studies |
ISBN | 3-319-74905-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Africa in a Globalized World -- I. Africa's Adaptation to Globalization -- 2. The Rediscovery of Africa -- 3. Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development -- 4. Postcolonial Africa's Development Trajectories -- 5. Collective Social Action: Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism -- 6. Same Migrants, Two Business Models: Culture-centered and Non-traditional Businesses Established by Ethiopians and Eritreans in Washington D.C -- 7. Making Sense of South Africa's Soft Power: Projections, Prospects, and Possibilities -- II. Governance and Creativity -- 8. Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Nigeria -- 9. The Impossible Craft of Nation-Building in Postcolonial Cameroon -- 10. Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria -- 11. Igbo Community Policing and its Relevance for Contemporary Nigeria -- 12. "Come and Chop": Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures. |
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Africa and the World : Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy / / edited by Dawn Nagar, Charles Mutasa |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXV, 520 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 320.96 |
Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
International relations Security, International Diplomacy Comparative government African Politics Foreign Policy International Security Studies International Relations Theory Comparative Politics |
ISBN | 3-319-62590-X |
Classificazione | 08.08.08 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Inspirations and Hesitations in Africa’s Relations with External Actors -- 2. Africa and the United Stater: A History of Malign Neglect -- 3. Africa and Russia: The Pursuit of Strengthened Relations in the Post-Cold War Era -- 4. Africa and China: Winding Into A Community Of Common Destiny -- 5. France and Africa -- 6. To Brexit and Beyond: Africa and the United Kingdom -- 7. Africa and Portugal -- 8. Africa and Italy’s Relations After the Cold War -- 9. Brazil-Africa Relations: From Boom to Bust? -- 10. A Renewed Partnership? Contemporary Latin America-Africa Engagement -- 11. Africa and India: Riding the Tail of the Tiger? -- 12. Africa-Japan Relations in the Post-Cold War Era -- 13. Africa and the Nordics -- 14. Africa, the Islamic World, and Europe -- 15. Africa and the Middle East: Shifting Alliances and Strategic Partnerships -- 16. Africa at the United Nations: From Dominance to Weakness -- 17. Africa and the International Criminal Court -- 18. Can the BRICS Re-Open the “Gateway to Africa”? South Africa’s Contradictory Facilitation of Divergent Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese Interests -- 19. Europe-Africa Relations in the Era of Uncertainty -- 20. Africa and the World Trade Organisation -- 21. Sub-Saharan Africa: the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- 22. Conclusion. |
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Africa Beyond Inventions : Essays in Honour of V.Y. Mudimbe / / edited by Zubairu Wai |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.896 |
Soggetto topico |
International relations
Africa - Politics and government International Relations Theory African Politics |
ISBN | 9783031571206 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | I. Overture -- 1. Resurrecting Mudimbe — Zubairu Wai -- Ii. Discourse Of Otherness- 2. Mudimbe’s Homo Absconditus: Towards A Resurrection Of The Human— Pierre-Philippe Fraiture -- 3. Aesthetic Theologies Of Resemblance, The Production Of Colonial Difference, And Possibilities Of Ethical Translation— Zahir Kolia -- 4. Notions Of Africanity—Sanya Osha -- Iii. Reading The Postcolonial -- 5. Refusing To Vanish: Despair, Contingency, And The African Political—Alírio Karina -- 6. Decolonizing Knowledge In Africa: Mudimbe’s Philosophical Deconstruction Of The Postcolonial Event—Gervais Désiré Yamb- 7. Recreating Knowledge About Africa In The Shadow Of The Colonial Library—Sally Matthews -- 8. The Danse Of Plato And Mudimbe, Or The Relationship Between Plato’s Epistemology And Mudimbe’s Phenomenology—Donatien M. Cicura -- Iv. Sites Of Inscriptions -- 9. The Elusive Mudimbe: A Feminist Journey Through His Novels—Getrude Mianda -- 10. Religion And Theology As Cultural And Political Performance—KaserekaKavwaherehi -- 11. Securitisation And The ‘Weak States’ Concept: A Mudimbean Analysis—Tinashe Jakwa -- V. Finale- 12. Afterword: Letter To V.Y. Mudimbe, On The Euromorphic Practice Of Critique —Zubairu Wai. |
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Africa in transformation : economic development in the age of doubt / / by Carlos Lopes |
Autore | Lopes Carlos |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.96 |
Soggetto topico |
Political science
Africa—Politics and government Economic policy Economic development Economics Development economics Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations African Politics Development Policy Development and Post-Colonialism International Political Economy Development Economics |
ISBN | 3-030-01291-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction: Reflecting on Africa’s Contemporary Dynamics -- Chapter 2: Changing Politics -- Chapter 3: Respecting Diversity -- Chapter 4: Understanding Policy Space -- Chapter 5: Structural Transformation through Industrialisation -- Chapter 6: Increasing Agricultural Productivity -- Chapter 7: Revisiting the Social Contract -- Chapter 8: Adjusting to Climate Change -- Chapter 9: Inserting Agency in the Relations with China -- Chapter 10: Conclusions. |
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Africa on the Move : Migration, Translocal Livelihoods and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa / / by Malte Steinbrink, Hannah Niedenführ |
Autore | Steinbrink Malte |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 325.67 |
Collana | Springer Geography |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Cultural geography Emigration and immigration Geography Economic development Africa - Politics and government Africa - Economic conditions Social and Cultural Geography Human Migration Regional Geography Development Studies African Politics African Economics |
ISBN | 3-030-22841-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Time for a Rethink -- Translocal Livelihoods – New Perspectives on Livelihood Research -- Vulnerability and Translocality: Why Livelihoods become Translocal -- Translocal Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Influence of Translocal Livelihoods on Aspects of Rural Structural Transformation -- Conclusion. |
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Africa's Engagement with the Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century / / edited by Nicholas Idris Erameh, Victor Ojakorotu |
Autore | Erameh Nicholas Idris |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : 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 |
Soggetto topico |
Africa - Politics and government
Human rights Diplomacy Politics and war Peace African Politics Politics and Human Rights Military and Defence Studies Peace and Conflict Studies |
ISBN | 981-9981-63-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Section I: Philosophical, Theoretical & Historical Overview Of The Responsibility To Protect -- Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Responsibility-to-Protect and a Tri-dimensional Methodology: Exploring the Epistemic-Morality of an Interventionist -- Chapter III: From Peacekeeping to the Responsibility to Protect: Unpacking the Genealogy and History of the RtoP Doctrine in the International Humanitarian System -- Section II: Theory & Practice Of The Responsibility To Protect In Africa -- Chapter IV: A Critical Reflection of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Responsibility to Protect Intervention in Libya -- Chapter V: Horizontal Inequality - Armed Violence and the Responsibility to Protect in Africa: The Cote d’Ivoire Experience -- Chapter VI: Insurgency, Responsibility to Protect at the Expense of Local Protection in the Civilian Joint Task Force in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria -- Chapter VII: The Sahel Region and the Dilemma of Civilian Protection: A Challenge to the Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter VIII: The Anglophone – Cameroon Conflict and the Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter IX: The Responsibility to Protect and International Community Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria -- Chapter X: From Regionalization of Peacekeeping to the Responsibility to Protect in Africa: The Gambia Experience -- Chapter XI: The US Foreign Policy and the Responsibility to Protect in Africa -- Section III: Emerging & contending issues from the pratice of the responsibility to protect in africa -- Chapter XII: The African Union, Responsibility to Protect and the Mantra of African Solutions to African Problems -- Chapter XIII: Implementing the RtoP: Coordinating Approaches Between the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) -- Chapter XIV: Peace Enforcement In The Face of International Military Intervention -- Chapter XV: The Media, Armed Conflict, and the Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter XVI: Exploring the Legal Discourse on the Practice of the Responsibility to Protect in Africa -- Chapter XVII: Responsibility to Protect and the Avoidance of the Responsibility: Ending Atrocity Crimes in Northern Nigeria -- Chapter XVIII: Environmental Challenges, Climate Change and the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) In Africa -- Section IV: Institutionalization, consolidation & prospects of the responsibility to protect in africa -- Chapter XIX: From the Sustainable Development Goal 16 to the African Union's Silencing the Guns Agenda: Why is it so Difficult to Achieve Sustainable Peace and Stability in Africa? -- Chapter XX: Can the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine Act as a Deterrent against Mass Atrocity and Human Rights Infringement in Africa? -- Chapter XXI: The Responsibility to Protect (RtoP): Norm Institutionalization, Issues, and Challenges -- Chapter XXII: Responsibility to Protect: From Contestation to Internationalization. |
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Africa-Europe Research and Innovation Cooperation [[electronic resource] ] : Global Challenges, Bi-regional Responses / / edited by Andrew Cherry, James Haselip, Gerard Ralphs, Isabella E. Wagner |
Autore | Cherry Andrew |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke, : Springer Nature, 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXI, 147 p. 16 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 320.94 |
Soggetto topico |
International organization
European Politics African Politics International Organization |
Soggetto non controllato |
Africa
EU Cooperation Policy Partnership Agriculture Climate Change Science Development Evidence-based policy Networks funding Engagement |
ISBN | 3-319-69929-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- PART 1. POLITICS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES -- Chapter 1. The politics and drivers underpinning Africa-Europe research and innovation cooperation -- Chapter 2. Policy frameworks supporting Africa-Europe STI cooperation: Past achievements and future responsibilities -- PART 2. COOPERATION IN FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH -- Chapter 3. The dynamics of EU-Africa research and innovation cooperation programmes -- Chapter 4. Bi-regional scientific cooperation on food- and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 5. Africa-Europe collaborations for climate change research and innovation: What difference have they made? -- Chapter 6. Equality in health research cooperation between Africa and Europe – the potential of the Research Fairness Initiative -- PART 3. FUTURES OF AFRICA-EUROPE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION COOPERATION -- Chapter 7| Towards better joint work: Reflections on partnership effectiveness. |
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African Foreign Policies in International Institutions / / edited by Jason Warner, Timothy M. Shaw |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIV, 430 p. 3 illus.) |
Disciplina | 327.1 |
Collana | Contemporary African Political Economy |
Soggetto topico |
International relations
Africa—Politics and government International organization Foreign Policy African Politics International Organization |
ISBN | 1-137-57574-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction - Africa Foreign Policies and International Organizations:The View from the 21st Century -- 2. An Ambivalence to the Norm-Cycle: The African Union's "New" Approach to Continental Peace and Security -- 3. The AU and Continental Foreign Economic Policy Making in Africa: Institutions and Dialectics on Integration in the Global Economy -- 4. The Troubled Socialising Agent: Democratic Governance and the African Union’s Quest to Become an Independent Foreign Policy Actor -- 5. Beyond the Collective: Comparative Strategic Utility of the African Union and the RECs in Pursuing Individual National Security Foreign Policy Goals -- 6. The Role of African Regional Organizations in Post-Election Governments of National Unity -- 7. Nationalism Underpinned by Pan-Regionalism: African Foreign Policies in ECOWAS in Era of Anti-Globalization -- 8. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development: Internal Culture of Foreign Policymaking and Sources of Weaknesses -- 9. The Uses (and Abuses) of the Economic Community of Central African States: The Hidden Functions of Regional Economic Community Membership for African Regimes -- 10. The Instrumentalization of SADC to Achieve Foreign Policy Agendas -- 11. Partnering for Peace: United Nations and African Union Collaboration in Peace and Security -- 12. South Africa's Foreign Policy and the International Criminal Court: Of African Lessons, Security Council Reform, and Possiblities for an Improved ICC -- 13. The International Labor Organization and African States: Internationalizing States and Dispersed Foreign Policy -- 14. African Agency and the World Bank in the 21st Century -- 15. Global Humanitarian Organizations and African Goals: The Case of MSF in South Africa -- 16. Consistency in Inconsistency: South Africa’s Foreign Policies in International Organizations -- 17. Leverage in a Tight Space: Zimbabwean Foreign Policy in International Organizations -- 18. Angola’s Measured Distance from International Organizations -- 19. Decolonizing Intenational Relations: Insights From the International Financial Institutions in the Congo During the Cold War -- 20. Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in Relation to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- 21. Senegalese Foreign Policy and International Institutions: Leadership Through Soft Power from Senghor to Sall -- 22. Don’t think Cameroon is Timid in International Organizations(ios), it is only a Strategic Approach for achieving its Foreign Policy Goals in Foreign Relations -- 23. Regional Powers, Great Power Allies, and International Institutions: The Case of Ethiopia -- 24. Djiboutian’s Foreign Policy in International Institutions: Small State, Big Diplomacy -- 25. Conclusion – African Foreign Policies, International Institutions, and the Future of Global Governance. |
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African Indigenous Financial Institutions : The Case of Congo and Liberia / / by Julia Smith-Omomo |
Autore | Smith-Omomo Julia |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
Disciplina | 332.109689405 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Social change Africa—Politics and government Economic development projects—Finance Peace Terrorism Political violence Development and Social Change African Politics Development Finance Conflict Studies Terrorism and Political Violence |
ISBN | 3-319-98011-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Chapter 1 Introduction -- 2. Chapter 2 Certainty Premiums and Cognitive Loads -- 3. Chapter 3 Monrovia Burning. 4. Chapter 4 Shadows are Weaker -- 5. Chapter 5 What’s War got to Do with this? -- 6. Chapter 6 Is Microfinance by Itself Transformative in Post-Conflict Contexts? -- 7. Chapter 7 Social behavioural Changes -- 8. Chapter 8 Stress Limits and Sparse Networks -- 9. Chapter 9 No Easy Answers. |
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African Parliaments [[electronic resource] ] : Between Governance and Government / / edited by M. Salih |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2005.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.96 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SalihMohamed Abdel Rahim M (Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed) |
Soggetto topico |
Africa - Politics and government
Africa - History Political science African Politics African History Political Science |
ISBN |
1-281-36455-X
9786611364557 1-4039-7704-6 1-4039-7930-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""PART I""; ""1 Introduction: The Changing Governance Role of African Parliaments""; ""2 Parliaments, Politics, and Governance: African Democracies in Comparative Perspective""; ""3 Legislative Quotas for Women: Implications for Governance in Africa""; ""4 Local Assemblies and Local Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa""; ""5 Citizen's Support for Legislature and Democratic Consolidation: A Comparative Study with Special Focus on Mali""; ""PART II""
""6 Evolution of Parliament Executive Relations in Zambia""""7 Longitudinal View on Ghana's Parliamentary Practices""; ""8 People, Party, Politics, and Parliament: Government and Governance in Namibia""; ""9 Parliament and Dominant Party System in Ethiopia""; ""10 Parliament as Machinery for Political System Control: The Inner Workings of Bunge, Tanzania""; ""11 A Decade of Legislature Executive Squabble in Malawi, 1994-2004""; ""12 The South African Parliament's Failed Moment""; ""13 Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; |
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