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Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Subject "Africa"
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Adenuga, Gbeke Adebowale; Amusan, Lere; Oyewole, Samuel
(Adonis and Abbey, 2024-08)
This article examines the challenges posed by the protectionist economic policies of African states to the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which is designed to advance the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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Kunawotor, Mark; Ahiabor, Godson; Yobo, Eric
(Emerald, 2025-03)
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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...