Aid and authoritarianism in Africa : development without democracy / / edited by Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.91096 |
Collana | Africa Now |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Political aspects - Africa
Economic assistance - Moral and ethical aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78360-630-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511442303321 |
London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aid and authoritarianism in Africa : development without democracy / / edited by Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.91/181206 |
Collana | Africa now |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Political aspects - Africa
Economic assistance - Moral and ethical aspects Authoritarianism - Africa Political ideologies |
ISBN |
1-350-21836-7
1-78360-630-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : aid and authoritarianism in sub-Saharan Africa after 1990 / Tobias Hagmann and Filip Reyntjens -- Discourses of democracy, practices of autocracy : shifting meanings of democracy in the aid-authoritarianism nexus / Rita Abrahamsen -- Aid to Rwanda : unstoppable rock, immovable post / Zoë Marriage -- Authoritarianism and the securitization of development in Uganda / David M. Anderson and Jonathan Fisher -- Ethiopia and international aid : development between high modernism and exceptional measures / Emanuele Fantini and Luca Puddu -- Donors and the making of 'credible' elections in Cameroon / Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle -- Foreign aid and political settlements : contrasting the Mozambican and Angolan cases / Helena Pérez Niño and Philippe Le Billon -- Conclusion : democracy fatigue and the ghost of modernization theory / Nicolas van de Walle. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910542331703321 |
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The aid triangle [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe |
Autore | MacLachlan Malcolm |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood Pub. |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.91 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CarrStuart C
Mc AuliffeEilish |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Political aspects
Economic assistance - Sociological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-73871-2
9786612738715 1-84813-835-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Aid; 3 - Dominance; 4 - Justice; 5 - Identity; 6 - Learning; 7 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459435703321 |
MacLachlan Malcolm | ||
Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood Pub. | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The aid triangle [[electronic resource] ] : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe |
Autore | MacLachlan Malcolm |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CarrStuart C
Mc AuliffeEilish |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Sociological aspects
Economic assistance - Political aspects Economic assistance - Developing countries Economic development - Developing countries Development studies Economics |
ISBN |
1-350-25092-9
1-282-73871-2 9786612738715 1-84813-835-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the authors -- Tables, figures and boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Oxfamming the world -- 2 Philanthropy vs the generosity of the taxpayer -- The idea of development -- Relational development -- A systems triangle -- Figure 1.1 The aid triangle -- Our approach -- 2 Aid -- The idea of aid -- Table 2.1 Some emphatic and emotive book titles attesting to problemsin international aid -- The political economy of aid -- The new millennium -- Inclusive development -- Conclusion -- 3 Dominance -- Dominance in 'knowing what is best for' development -- It's the contradiction, stupid -- What about the 'underdeveloped' guys? -- No, I'm not going to show you the money! -- Table 3.1 Planning balance sheet for project aid and direct budget support -- Dominance behind insinuations of 'corruption' -- Dominance, governance and the tangle of accountability -- Celebrity as dominance -- Box 3.1 Some thoughts on celebrity and international aid -- Table 3.2 Causes associated with most popular celebrities -- Dominance in organizations -- Dominance in institutions -- Figure 3.1 An inverse resonance effect in Tanzania -- Dominance against individuals -- Figure 3.2 Perceived social dominance in different countries -- The system -- Context -- Socialization -- Expatocracy -- A culture myth -- Dominance is not everything -- Conclusion -- 4 Justice -- More corruption -- Types of justice -- Table 4.1 A taxonomy of work justice -- Functionality -- From justice to productivity -- Figure 4.1 Relationship between job satisfaction and managerial consideration -- Figure 4.2 Degree of job satisfaction related to satisfaction with different aspects of the job -- Interventions -- Project aid -- Coping strategies -- Figure 4.3 Theoretical coping strategies in aid projects -- Table 4.2 Items on which pay groups differed -- Box 4.1 Indicative quotes from qualitative research in the Solomon Islands -- Interventions -- Conclusion -- 5 Identity -- Soul wounds -- Group identity -- Institutional identity -- Individual identity -- Figure 5.1 Navigating the dynamics of aid and development -- Inclusion -- Exclusion -- Reactance -- Conversion -- Capacity and capability -- Case example -- Case analysis -- Identity and civil society -- Brand aid -- Conclusion -- 6 Learning -- Capabilities and justice -- Organizational learning theory -- Table 6.1 A taxonomy of organizational learning -- Table 6.2 Principles to facilitate learning in partnerships -- Box 6.1 Reported Irish NGO activity in Africa, circa 2005 -- Recognizing complexity -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Contemporary grand narratives -- Incremental improvement -- The scale and rate of change -- Personal transformation and the aid triangle -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784925303321 |
MacLachlan Malcolm | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The aid triangle : recognizing the human dynamics of dominance, justice and identity / / Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr and Eilish McAuliffe |
Autore | MacLachlan Malcolm |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood Pub. |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CarrStuart C
Mc AuliffeEilish |
Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance - Political aspects
Economic assistance - Sociological aspects |
ISBN |
1-350-25092-9
1-282-73871-2 9786612738715 1-84813-835-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the authors -- Tables, figures and boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Oxfamming the world -- 2 Philanthropy vs the generosity of the taxpayer -- The idea of development -- Relational development -- A systems triangle -- Figure 1.1 The aid triangle -- Our approach -- 2 Aid -- The idea of aid -- Table 2.1 Some emphatic and emotive book titles attesting to problemsin international aid -- The political economy of aid -- The new millennium -- Inclusive development -- Conclusion -- 3 Dominance -- Dominance in 'knowing what is best for' development -- It's the contradiction, stupid -- What about the 'underdeveloped' guys? -- No, I'm not going to show you the money! -- Table 3.1 Planning balance sheet for project aid and direct budget support -- Dominance behind insinuations of 'corruption' -- Dominance, governance and the tangle of accountability -- Celebrity as dominance -- Box 3.1 Some thoughts on celebrity and international aid -- Table 3.2 Causes associated with most popular celebrities -- Dominance in organizations -- Dominance in institutions -- Figure 3.1 An inverse resonance effect in Tanzania -- Dominance against individuals -- Figure 3.2 Perceived social dominance in different countries -- The system -- Context -- Socialization -- Expatocracy -- A culture myth -- Dominance is not everything -- Conclusion -- 4 Justice -- More corruption -- Types of justice -- Table 4.1 A taxonomy of work justice -- Functionality -- From justice to productivity -- Figure 4.1 Relationship between job satisfaction and managerial consideration -- Figure 4.2 Degree of job satisfaction related to satisfaction with different aspects of the job -- Interventions -- Project aid -- Coping strategies -- Figure 4.3 Theoretical coping strategies in aid projects -- Table 4.2 Items on which pay groups differed -- Box 4.1 Indicative quotes from qualitative research in the Solomon Islands -- Interventions -- Conclusion -- 5 Identity -- Soul wounds -- Group identity -- Institutional identity -- Individual identity -- Figure 5.1 Navigating the dynamics of aid and development -- Inclusion -- Exclusion -- Reactance -- Conversion -- Capacity and capability -- Case example -- Case analysis -- Identity and civil society -- Brand aid -- Conclusion -- 6 Learning -- Capabilities and justice -- Organizational learning theory -- Table 6.1 A taxonomy of organizational learning -- Table 6.2 Principles to facilitate learning in partnerships -- Box 6.1 Reported Irish NGO activity in Africa, circa 2005 -- Recognizing complexity -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Contemporary grand narratives -- Incremental improvement -- The scale and rate of change -- Personal transformation and the aid triangle -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820356303321 |
MacLachlan Malcolm | ||
Halifax, N.S., : Fernwood Pub. | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / / Christina Hellmich |
Autore | Hellmich Christina <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.62509
973.931 |
Collana | Rebels |
Soggetto topico |
Terrorism - Middle East
Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam Terrorism - Prevention Political science & theory |
ISBN |
1-350-21840-5
1-84813-911-X 1-283-23861-6 9786613238610 1-84813-910-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 9/11 and the anxious search for answers -- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11 -- Hypocrites, Wahhabis and Salafi jihadis: post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology -- Reclaiming the umma: the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition -- Al-Qaeda post-9/11: destroyed, weakened or re-emergent? -- The future of al-Qaeda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789643103321 |
Hellmich Christina <1978-> | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Al-Qaeda : from global network to local franchise / / Christina Hellmich |
Autore | Hellmich Christina <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.62509
973.931 |
Collana | Rebels |
Soggetto topico |
Terrorism - Middle East
Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam Terrorism - Prevention Political science & theory |
ISBN |
1-350-21840-5
1-84813-911-X 1-283-23861-6 9786613238610 1-84813-910-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 9/11 and the anxious search for answers -- What is al-Qaeda? From Afghanistan to 9/11 -- Hypocrites, Wahhabis and Salafi jihadis: post-9/11 explanations of al-Qaeda's ideology -- Reclaiming the umma: the ideology of al-Qaeda in the context of the pan-Islamic tradition -- Al-Qaeda post-9/11: destroyed, weakened or re-emergent? -- The future of al-Qaeda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810972303321 |
Hellmich Christina <1978-> | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Algeria since 1989 [[electronic resource] ] : between terror and democracy / / James D. Le Sueur |
Autore | Le Sueur James D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Halifax, : Fernwood Pub. |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
Disciplina | 965.05/4 |
Collana | Global history of the present |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84813-610-2
1-282-47310-7 1-78034-507-0 9786612473104 1-84813-535-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prelims; Introduction: democratic reform, terrorism, and reconciliation; 1 - Building a postcolonial state; 2 - The road to reform; 3 - The kingmakers: generals and presidents in a time of terror; 4 - The Bouteflika era: civil society, peace, and sidelining generals; 5 - Energy and the economy of terror; 6 - A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis; 7 - The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI; 8 - Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome; Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457224403321 |
Le Sueur James D | ||
Halifax, : Fernwood Pub. | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Algeria since 1989 : between terror and democracy / / James D. Le Sueur |
Autore | Le Sueur James D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
Disciplina | 965.054 |
Collana | Global History of the Present |
Soggetto topico | African history |
ISBN |
1-350-21839-1
1-84813-610-2 1-282-47310-7 1-78034-507-0 9786612473104 1-84813-535-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prelims; Introduction: democratic reform, terrorism, and reconciliation; 1 Building a postcolonial state; 2 The road to reform; 3 The kingmakers: generals and presidents in a time of terror; 4 The Bouteflika era: civil society, peace, and sidelining generals; 5 Energy and the economy of terror; 6 A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis; 7 The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI; 8 Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome; Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria; Notes; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781054303321 |
Le Sueur James D. | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Algeria since 1989 : between terror and democracy / / James D. Le Sueur |
Autore | Le Sueur James D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
Disciplina | 965.054 |
Collana | Global History of the Present |
Soggetto topico | African history |
ISBN |
1-350-21839-1
1-84813-610-2 1-282-47310-7 1-78034-507-0 9786612473104 1-84813-535-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prelims; Introduction: democratic reform, terrorism, and reconciliation; 1 Building a postcolonial state; 2 The road to reform; 3 The kingmakers: generals and presidents in a time of terror; 4 The Bouteflika era: civil society, peace, and sidelining generals; 5 Energy and the economy of terror; 6 A genealogy of terror: local and global jihadis; 7 The future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI; 8 Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome; Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria; Notes; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819178003321 |
Le Sueur James D. | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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