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Browsing Research Articles (Political Sciences) by Title
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(Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, 2012)No abstract available.
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Accountability, democracy, and post-growth : civil society rethinking political economy and finance (Routledge, 2013)Since the fall of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, the economic downturn hastaken a heavy toll on many countries. In the public and academic discourse on necessaryremedies and reforms, the spotlight is on the role of ...
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(AOSIS, 2024-06)The eMalahleni Local Municipality (eLM) in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, has a number of informal settlements because of the influx of people seeking employment in the municipal area. These informal settlements are ...
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(Routledge, 2009-04)Nearly eight years have passed since the Taliban were decisively removed from power, yet so far the international community together with the Afghan government lack a common and successful strategy necessary for the ...
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(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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(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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(Sage, 2022-03)Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. However, a precarious minimum income was all it took to be considered middle class. But who exactly is middle class? As the ...
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(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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(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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(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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(Routledge, 2017)This Briefing and Debate article critically engages with the middle class phenomenon, which emerged as a prominent focus in Development and African Studies. Göran Therborn already wondered if we were entering a century ...
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(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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(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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(Wiley, 2022-06)MOTIVATION : The literature on small states suggests that small island states are more likely than larger states to support regional and international democratic norms, but is this true of the six African Small Island ...
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(Routledge, 2016-01)The African continent is inextricably linked to the development of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm and the latter’s ethical interpretation of the duties associated with state sovereignty. With the African Union ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2016-05)Arowosegbe‟s article is a welcome invitation to reconsider African studies by reflecting on the dubious ambiguities of their ownership. While he dismisses Western hegemony, he also demands acknowledgement of the relevance ...
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(African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2017-09)This article argues that the African Union (AU) approach to peacebuilding, out of Africa’s historical experience and lessons from the United Nations (UN), is comprehensive and holistic, but requires the existence of ...
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(Cambridge University Press, 2020-10)Tragedy is one of the oldest metaphorical lenses of International Relations. The tragic vision of politics, from Thucydides to contemporary realist theorists, lies at the core of classical realism. However, it is striking ...
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(Ontario International Development Agency, 2024)Seychelles is regarded as the first country to implement a debt-for-nature swap (marine conservation) and blue bond finance model. The goal of the initiative was to secure funding for the preservation of the ocean ecosystem ...
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