Author : William Arthur Lewis
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Study of political activity in West Africa.
Author : Eric M. Edi
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Globalization and Politics in the Economic Community of West African States offers an engaging perspective on the understanding of globalization in the ECOWAS countries of West Africa. This book discusses the political and structural changes that were enacted by the West African leadership and people to meet the challenges of globalization and examines the extent to which these changes furthered democracy and the respect of human rights.
Author : J. H. Price
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 2023-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 100098768X
This book, originally published in 1967 looks at political institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia a the time of the establishment of alien rule and goes on to discuss in detail constitutional developments from 1919 to the late 20th Century, paying particular attention to the constitutional arrangements of the Commonwealth West African countries after Independence. Aspects such as the judiciary and the enforcement of law and order, the public services and finance, are discussed in separate chapters. The book ends with a survey of the varying patterns of local government in English-speaking West Africa.
Author : William Tordoff
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253215451
The author provides extra coverage of both North and South Africa and of such key issues as debt, the AIDS epidemic, the position of women and the politics of patronage."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Francis Adigwe
Publisher : Ibadan ; London [etc.] : Oxford University Press, 1974, 1975 printing.
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9004356363
What Politics? Youth and Political Engagement in Africa examines the diverse experiences of being young in today’s Africa. It offers new perspectives to the roles and positions young people take to change their life conditions both within and beyond the formal political structures and institutions. The contributors represent several social science disciplines, and provide well-grounded qualitative analyses of young people’s everyday engagements by critically examining dominant discourses of youth, politics and ideology. Despite focusing on Africa, the book is a collective effort to better understand what it is like to be young today, and what the making of tomorrow’s yesterday means for them in personal and political terms. Contributors are: Ehaab Abdou, Abebaw Yirga Adamu, Henni Alava, Päivi Armila, Randi Rønning Balsvik, Jesper Bjarnesen, Þóra Björnsdóttir, Jónína Einarsdóttir, Tilo Grätz, Nanna Jordt Jørgensen, Marko Kananen, Sofia Laine, Naydene de Lange, Afifa Ltifi, Ivo Mhike, Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, Danai S. Mupotsa, Elina Oinas, Henri Onodera, Eija Ranta, Mounir Saidani, Mariko Sato, Loubna H. Skalli, Tiina Sotkasiira, Abdoulaye Sounaye, Leena Suurpää, and Mulumebet Zenebe. What Politics? Youth and Political Engagement in Africa is now available in paperback for individual customers.
Author : Richard Kuba
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9047417038
Recognizing that land rights are ambiguous, negotiable and politically embedded, these case studies explore the long-term processes and recent changes in contemporary rural West Africa affecting the conversion of control over land into social and political capital and vice versa. They point to the colonial origins of what came to be viewed as ‘customary’ tenure and to the legal pluralism characterizing pre-colonial tenure arrangements. Furthermore, they show the spiritual and ritual importance of land that can be converted into political power and economic prerogatives, a dimension neglected by much of the recent literature. Analyses cover forest and savannah, state and segmentary societies, facilitating comparison and insights across the Anglo-Francophone divide.
Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 1978-06
Category : History
ISBN :
Comparison of recent political developments of seven states in West Africa - discusses politics, economic policy and government in Ghana, cote d'ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone. References and statistical tables.
Author : Gus Liebenow
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 1986-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253203885
"A well-balanced presentation . . . especially notable for its succinct review of the factors currently controlling the South African political situation." —The Nation " . . . authoritative work . . . " —Foreign Affairs " . . . broad enough in its reach to be useful to teaching in interdisciplinary African studies courses for undergraduates." —Perspective "Gus Liebenow has produced a winner, eminently suitable for classroom use, with enough substance to be of interest to both teachers and students." —Africa Today A sympathetic but hardheaded analysis of the crisis issues common to the continent as a whole: the struggle for national identity, poverty, the unresolved festering issue of white supremacy in Southern Africa, the problem of political community in the African urban setting, and the struggle for popular control over government.
Author : James Gow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1135968578
This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa. Concern about terrorism in, or from, West Africa, has been recognised in academic research, and the adoption of militarised approaches to addressing it questioned. However, the basis for that questioning – the need to investigate factors such as the historical and socio-economic roots of militancy – is not developed, nor is it substantiated in existing studies. The significant impact of religiously motivated radicalisation and violence in West Africa upon international security makes it essential to understand the issues of militancy and violence in the region. In this volume, the authors draw upon empirical research in West Africa to develop understanding in these areas. Over the course of several chapters written by leading experts in the field, the book successfully blends historical and conceptual analysis with new empirical research gathered from focus group discussions and research interviews. Each of these core studies is structured around five interrelated issues: tracing the antecedents of radicalisation; monitoring trends; identifying actors; anticipating possibilities; and analysing the strength of existing preventive mechanisms. This book will be of much interest to students of African security, African politics, radicalisation, political Islam, war and conflict studies and security studies in general.
