Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Subject "Africa"

Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Subject "Africa"

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  • Africa and the middle class(es) 
    Melber, Henning (German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2013)
    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its 22nd Human Development Report (HDR) for 2013 worldwide on 14 March of that year (quoted as UNDP 2013). Published annually since 1990 almost uninterruptedly, ...
  • Africa's external trade relations : from dependency to agency? 
    Le Pere, Garth L. (Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, 2019-12)
    Africa’s development and growth challenges will increasingly be shaped by Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as new continental blueprints for integration. These challenging blueprints must ...
  • African first ladies, politics and the state 
    Van Wyk, Jo-Ansie Karina; Muresan, Arina; Nyere, Chidochashe (Unisa Press, 2018)
    Whereas first ladies (i.e. the wives of presidents or prime ministers) of various countries have been studied, first ladies of African states remain under-researched. Due to their proximity to the executive and other ...
  • African integration and inter-regionalism : the regional economic communities and their relationship with the European Union 
    Kitipov, Julian Kossev (Institute for Strategic Studies, University of Pretoria, 2012-05)
    Since the end of the Cold War, the notion of regionalism in Africa has undergone, and is still undergoing, a process of transformation that includes reassessing its role, capabilities and design. However, the slow pace of ...
  • African middle classness, politics and protest : on the context of this issue 
    Daniel, Antje; Melber, Henning; Stoll, Florian (Routledge, 2023)
    Middle classes in the Global South have become topical. They were considered mainly by economists in development-oriented institutions and praised as a factor contributing to economic development and democratic forces. We ...
  • African Renaissance and Pan-Africanism : the ethical leadership nexus 
    Daudu, Innocent A.; Asuelime, Timi Legend (Adonis and Abbey Publishers, 2019-03)
    African Renaissance being a call for a re-birth of the African continent, advocates social cohesion, growth, development, promotion of values and ethics, and the establishment of Africa as a significant player in global ...
  • Armed conflicts in Africa : examining sexual violence as an instrument of war 
    Daudu, Innocent A.; Shulika, Lukong S. (Adonis and Abbey, 2019-04)
    Sexual violence finds its most brutal expression during armed conflicts. Across culture and time, sexual violence has assumed a myriad of forms and dimensions. It is widespread, but grossly underreported. It is the deep ...
  • Beyond restorative justice : understanding justice from an African perspective 
    Wielenga, Cori; Batley, Mike; Murambadoro, Ruth (Adonis and Abbey Publishers, 2020-04-30)
    Over the past few decades, there has been a growing interest in restorative justice in terms of the alternatives it offers to the narrow limits of the criminal justice system. This has also been the case in the African ...
  • Borders, informal cross-border economies and regional integration in Africa : an introduction 
    Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe; Moyo, Inocent; Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2018-06)
    As multi-faceted institutions, borders have a bearing on continental integration in Africa. This is because they have an influence on who and what moves from one country to another. In this sense, any discussion of continental ...
  • BRICS and Africa in perspective 
    Zondi, Siphamandla (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-03)
    The Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) platform has passed the ten-year mark. In the process, it has also managed to expand its presence beyond the five founding countries by reaching out to African, ...
  • Comprehensive and holistic human security for a post-colonial southern Africa : a conceptual framework 
    Zondi, Siphamandla (University of Pretoria, Department of Political Science, 2017)
    At the heart of the conundrum of regional integration in Africa is the very conceptual basis of the idea and its agendas. In southern Africa, the agenda has for decades been about fighting poverty and enabling a good ...
  • Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations and Africa 
    Melber, Henning (Routledge, 2012-03)
    Once upon a time there was a Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), who was elected into office during the Cold War era because the big powers believed he was just a humble servant to their interests. They were ...
  • Explorations into modernity, colonialism and genocide : revisiting the past in the present 
    Melber, Henning (SUNMeDIA, 2017)
    This essay contextualises forms of mass violence and genocide in a historical perspective since the era of enlightenment. Western modernity and its notion of civilisation domesticated and colonised at home and abroad. ...
  • Government size, institutional quality and economic welfare in Africa 
    Kunawotor, Mark; Ahiabor, Godson; Yobo, Eric (Emerald, 2024-07)
    PURPOSE : Most African countries operate large government sizes but with little corresponding economic outcomes. Institutional economics however, show that strong institution is fundamental in promoting economic growth. ...
  • ‘Gunboats of soft power’ : Boris on Africa and post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ 
    Połońska-Kimunguyi, Eva; Kimunguyi, Patrick (Routledge, 2017)
    As Britain prepares to leave the European Union after the popular vote of June 2016, the government is embarking on the revision of foreign policy. Boris Johnson, or ‘just Boris’, has been entrusted with forging the new ...
  • Introduction : reframing narratives of peace-building and state-building in Africa 
    Olonisakin, Funmi; Kifle, Alagaw Ababu; Muteru, Alfred (Routledge, 2021)
    This paper introduces the Special Issue that grew out of a research project at the African Leadership Centre, which was supported by the Canadian International Centre for Development Research (IDRC). Like the underpinning ...
  • Is Africa really following Europe? An integrated framework for comparative regionalism 
    Fioramonti, Lorenzo; Mattheis, Frank (Wiley, 2016-05)
    Most visibly since 2002, with the establishment of the African Union (AU), there have been indications that Africa may be following in Europe’s footsteps in the process of regional integration. But is it really so? This ...
  • Issues in African informality what is the relevance for regional or continental integration? 
    Nshimbi, Christopher Changwe (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2018-06)
    This paper illuminates the disputed and often tainted reality of informality in Africa, focusing on two key components of the informal economy – employment and production. Simultaneously, it highlights three key issues ...
  • Non-coercive defence diplomacy for conflict prevention 
    Blake, Robin Michael; Spies, Yolanda K. (University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Military Science, 2019)
    Since the end of the Cold War, the practice of defence diplomacy has received much attention, as has the proactive prevention of conflict. However, the preventive diplomacy of defence forces – something that is implied ...
  • An overview of conflict in Africa in 2014 
    De Villiers, Shirley (Routledge, 2015-03)
    Violent conflict escalated in Africa in 2014, with five sub-Saharan states – the Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan – accounting for an estimated 75% of all conflict-related deaths ...