Bøker i African Governance-serien

This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria.The book examines the theoretical underpinnings and the procedural and institutional components of democratic practice in Nigeria, including the challenges associated with elections, the legislature, the media and gender issues. Approaching the pluralistic characteristics of the Nigerian state and how they impede democratisation through contributions by experts and scholars in the field, the book analyses the issues and nuances inherent to governance and democracy in Nigeria, as well as domestic policy process, global governance and human security.Democratic Practice and Governance in Nigeria will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics and democratisation.

This book provides a detailed account of the political economy around investment deal negotiations between African governments and private Chinese investors. It will be of interest to researchers working on Chinese and African investment, politics, institutions, business, economics, and international relations.

This book provides a timely reconceptualization of Zimbabwe's anti-colonial liberation struggle, resisting simple binaries in favour of more nuanced, critical analysis. It will be of interest to researchers of African history, politics, and postcolonial studies.

Many people in Sub-Sahara Africa don't have access to improved sanitation facilities, and a quarter are undernourished. Informal community groups deliver the majority of social protection services, but most are disqualified from official recognition as they don't "fit" the model of accountability. The book warns against undermining this resource.

"Mauritania's Colonels examines the personalities and policy of five military officers turned heads of state who ruled Mauritania for nearly 40 years." -- from preface.

This book provides a study of international intervention in Somalia, contesting the rigidity of the Failed State Narrative, as well those anchored to political and anthropological determinism that have overemphasised the role of clanism, Islam, state capacity as explanatory variables of the Somali crisis.

South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which engages with the failure of the newest African State to transition itself successfully to a state and nation after its independence in July 2011.

Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa examines the complexities of government and obstacles facing constitutional democracy in transitional African societies.

Many people in Sub-Sahara Africa don't have access to improved sanitation facilities, and a quarter are undernourished. Community groups deliver the majority of social protection services, but most are disqualified from official recognition as they don't "fit" the model of accountability. The book warns against undermining this resource.

This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria.