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  • African Middle Classes and Social Protest

    Edited by Antje Daniel, Henning Melber, Florian Stoll ...
    This book explores class formation and political consciousness in contemporary Africa. It challenges prevailing narratives by examining the nuanced emergence of middle-class identities across Africa since the early 2000s.Initially viewed through a narrow economic lens focused on income thresholds, the concept of an "African middle class" has evolved into a rich field of inquiry. This collection ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Long Shadow of German Colonialism

    Amnesia, Denialism and Revisionism

    by Henning Melber ...
    From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks. While debates are now common in France and Britain over the impact of empire on former colonies and colonizing societies, German imperialism has only more recently become a topic of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Understanding Namibia

    The Trials of Independence

    by Henning Melber ...
    Since independence in 1990, Namibia has witnessed only one generation with no memory of colonialism - the 'born frees', who voted in the 2009 elections. The anti-colonial liberation movement, SWAPO, dominates the political scene, effectively making Namibia a de facto one-party state dominated by the first 'struggle generation'. While those in power declare their support for a free, fair, and just ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency

    Rethinking Human Security and Ethics in the Spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld

    Edited by Carsten Stahn, Henning Melber ...
    As UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld shaped many of the fundamental principles and practices of international organisations, such as preventive diplomacy, the ethics of international civil service, impartiality and neutrality. He was also at the heart of the constitutional foundations and principles of the UN. This tribute and critical review of Hammarskjöld's values and legacy examines his ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • The Rise of Africa's Middle Class

    Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

    Edited by Henning Melber ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly affluent, this group is said to embody the values and hopes of the new Africa, with international bodies ranging from the United Nations Development Programme to the World Bank regarding them as important agents of both economic development and democratic ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Challenging Global Development

    Towards Decoloniality and Justice

    Edited by Henning Melber, Uma Kothari, Laura Camfield, Kees Biekart ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book presents contributions to decolonize development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social justice.Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic injustices, the book addresses how these can be challenged through teaching, research, and engagement in policy and practice, and the sorts of ... Read more

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  • We Need to Talk About Africa

    The harm we have done, and how we should help

    by Tom Young ...
    If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible?Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of the world. When the same colonists withdrew from Asia there followed several decades of sustained and unprecedented growth throughout the continent. So ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa

    Development without Democracy

    Edited by Tobias Hagmann, Professor Filip Reyntjens ...
    Series series Africa Now
    In 2013 almost half of Africa's top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in practice major bilateral and international donors, such as USAID, DFID, the World Bank and the European Commission, have seen their aid policies become ever more entangled with the survival of their authoritarian protégés. Local citizens thus ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics

    by Johannes Lindner ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
    Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts?This book responds to this key question with a two-step argument: Its first part shows that decision-making rules can be regarded as a ... Read more

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  • After Hitler

    Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995

    by Konrad H. Jarausch ...
    In the spring of 1945, as the German army fell in defeat and the world first learned of the unspeakable crimes of the Holocaust, few would have expected that, only half a century later, the Germans would emerge as a prosperous people at the forefront of peaceful European integration. How did the Germans manage to recover from the shattering experience of defeat in World War II and rehabilitate ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The European Union

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Usherwood, John Pinder ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • EU Law and Governance

    by Mark Dawson, Floris de Witte ...
    What is the EU for? In light of the current state of European integration, EU law cannot meaningfully be appreciated without understanding the political, social and cultural context within which it operates. This textbook proposes a fresh, accessible and interdisciplinary take on the subject that is suitable for one-semester and introductory courses wishing to engage the reader with the wider ... Read more

    $35.29 USD