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  • Managing Africa's Natural Resources

    Capacities for Development

    Edited by K. Hanson, C. D'Alessandro, F. Owusu ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The authors investigate well-known concerns in natural resource management in Africa while focusing on the capacity dimension of the problems. They examine dynamics of leadership, governance, criminality, structural transformation, as well as emerging issues such as green growth. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Governing African Gold Mining

    Private Governance and the Resource Curse

    by Ainsley Elbra ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan Africa’s resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarship’s state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives to demonstrate that firms are actively controlling the regulation of the gold mining sector. It shows how large mining firms with ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

    Fostering Resilience and Capacity to Adapt

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Simane Belay, Jokasha Kalangu, Wuta Menas, Pantaleo Munishi, Kumbirai Musiyiwa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This collection showcases experiences from research and field projects in climate change adaptation on the African continent. It includes a set of papers presented at a symposium held in Addis Abeba in February 2016, which brought together international experts to discuss “fostering African resilience and capacity to adapt.” The papers introduce a wide range of methodological approaches and ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa

    Edited by S.N. Nyeck ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the governance of public procurement reform in Africa. Through a bottom-up approach to case studies and comparative analyses, scholars, practitioners, and social activists write about the organizational mechanisms and implementation gaps in public procurement governance in light of the general premises of national reform. Reforming the ways in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Challenges to African Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

    Edited by Eve Sandberg, Darko Opoku ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume offers an overview of the critical challenges faced by aspiring African entrepreneurs and their coping strategies to sustain and develop their businesses. Contributors to this volume detail the constraints placed on African entrepreneurs through rich case studies and challenge African leaders and international donors to review their own behaviors if they hope for African entrepreneurs ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Development and Politics from Below

    Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State

    Edited by B. Bompani, M. Frahm-Arp ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • New Approaches to the Governance of Natural Resources

    Insights from Africa

    Edited by J. Grant, W. Compaoré, M. Mitchell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of Africa's natural resource sectors (oil, biofuels, forestry, fisheries, minerals) and new insights for readers as they navigate the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and regional/national strategies that seek to improve the governance of the continent's natural resources. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa

    Edited by W. Ascher, N. Mirovitskaya ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book combines overviews of the nature and causes of inter-group violence in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with a collection of country case studies. Both the overview chapter and the case studies trace how economic policy initiatives, and consequent changes in the roles and statuses of various groups, shape conflict or cooperation. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Bauxite Mining in Africa

    Transnational Corporate Governance and Development

    by Johannes Knierzinger ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book deals with the consequences of the inclusion of African states and communities in the global aluminium chain. The so-called “New Scramble for Africa” of the 2000s illustrated how seriously African living conditions are affected by continuous cycles of boom and bust, and how strongly the quality of life currently depends on the investment decisions and corporate social responsibility ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Higher Education and Development in Africa

    by Pedro Uetela ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book critically addresses concepts and analyses related to the higher education and development nexus in Africa. The study explores the expansion of higher education in Africa and its impact on development, modernization and the economy to situate Africa within global debates on higher education governance and investment. Using concrete indicators from economic, social and political domains, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Social Justice and Deep Participation

    Theory and Practice for the 21st Century

    by Paula Donnelly Roark ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Knowing what deep participation is, and how it works, can make a critical difference in solving 21st century economic, political, and social problems. This book provides a new approach to hands-on change and begins formulation of a participatory social theory promising greater prosperity and justice for all. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Emerging Powers in Africa

    A New Wave in the Relationship?

    Edited by Justin van der Merwe, Ian Taylor, Alexandra Arkhangelskaya ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This empirically and theoretically grounded book provides insights into the ascendance of powers such as Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia and their relationship with Africa. Leading scholars present case studies from the BRICS and beyond to demonstrate the constantly evolving and complex character of these ties and their place in the global capitalist order. They also offer new theoretical ... Read more

    $152.09 USD