Political Science
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Cultivating Their Own: Agriculture in Western Kenya during the "Development" Era [Hardback]
Muey C. Saeteurn(Author); Muey Muey Saeteurn(Author)
$80.00ISBN: 9781580469791
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: 90
After more than fifty years of development, why have interventions and aid failed to yield greater poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa? Why did the agricultural development projects that were transpiring in places like Kenyaduring the "... .... Learn More -
The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa: An Alternative Approach to Institutional Order in Transitional Societies [Hardback]
Kidane Mengisteab(Editor); Amr M A Mahgoub Mahgoub(Contributor); Asma Hussein M. Adam(Contributor); Gaim Kibreab(Contributor); Kassahun Berhanu(Contributor)
$90.00ISBN: 9781847012470
Published by : James Currey
Series: Eastern Africa Series
Volume: 48
In the early 1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done about it? This multi-disc... .... Learn More -
Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian & Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town [Paperback]
Insa Nolte(Editor); Olukoya Ogen(Editor); Rebecca Jones(Editor); Aderemi Suleiman Ajala(Contributor); Adeyemi Balogun(Contributor)
$25.95ISBN: 9781847012517
Published by : James Currey
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Volume: 2
Since the end of the Cold War, and especially since 9/11, religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go &... .... Learn More -
Land, Investment & Politics: Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands [Paperback]
Jeremy Lind(Editor); Doris Okenwa(Editor); Ian Scoones(Editor); Adriana Blache(Contributor); Ahmed M. Musa(Contributor)
$25.95ISBN: 9781847012494
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Issues
Volume: 46
More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but what does this mean for these regions' pastoralists and other livestock-keepers and their livelihoods? Will those who have occupied drylands over... .... Learn More -
Land, Investment & Politics: Reconfiguring Eastern Africa's Pastoral Drylands [Hardback]
Jeremy Lind(Editor); Doris Okenwa(Editor); Ian Scoones(Editor); Adriana Blache(Contributor); Ahmed M. Musa(Contributor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781847012524
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Issues
Volume: 46
More than ever before, the gaze of global investment has been directed to the drylands of Africa, but what does this mean for these regions' pastoralists and other livestock-keepers and their livelihoods? Will those who have occupied drylands over... .... Learn More -
The New Black Middle Class in South Africa [Paperback]
Roger Southall(Author)
$24.95ISBN: 9781847012456
Published by : James Currey
2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
The "rise of the black middle class" is one of the most visible aspects of post-apartheid society in South Africa. Yet while it has been a major actor in the country's democratic reshaping,... .... Learn More -
Civil Religion and the Enlightenment in England, 1707-1800 [Hardback]
Ashley Walsh(Author)
$115.00ISBN: 9781783274901
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
Volume: 40
This innovative book reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion, despite the famous claim of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that Christians professe... .... Learn More -
Polish Literature and National Identity: A Postcolonial Perspective [Hardback]
Dariusz Skórczewski(Author); Agnieszka Polakowska(Author); Agnieszka Polakowska(Translator)
$99.00ISBN: 9781580469784
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe
Volume: 23
For nearly half a century East-Central Europe was part of the Soviet empire and was subject to its "civilizing" mission. Despite its colonial status, this part of the world has escaped the attention of most postcolonial critics and remai... .... Learn More -
Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society & Islamic Radicalization in Northern Nigeria [Hardback]
Abdul Raufu Mustapha(Editor); Kate Meagher(Editor); Abdourahmane Idrissa(Contributor); Abdul Raufu Mustapha(Contributor); Abubakar Kawu Monguno(Contributor); Kate Meagher(Contributor)
$115.00ISBN: 9781847012395
Published by : James Currey
Series: Western Africa Series
Volume: 15
It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2 million people. While its territorial gains have largely been recap... .... Learn More -
The Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa: Beyond the Margins [Paperback]
Wale Adebanwi(Editor); Adigun Agbaje(Contributor); Anne-Maria Makhulu(Contributor); Celestin Monga(Contributor); David Pratten(Contributor)
$34.95ISBN: 9781847012449
Published by : James Currey
What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors - experts in anthropology, history, political science, economics, conflict and peace studies,... .... Learn More
