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- Lindberg, Emy
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War in Mali : background study and annotated bibliography : July 2012 - March 2013
- 2013
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Not long ago, Mali was considered a beacon of stability and a model of democratic evolution in West Africa. The country then experienced a military coup in the capital in March 2012, followed by the usual post-coup volatility and uncertainty. In the immediate aftermath of the coup, armed insurgents swiftly took over half the country. It did not take long to dismantle a country that on the paper appeared to be functioning, stable and democratic. French troops intervened in the conflict in the north. Yet even if this intervention put a stop to the outright threat of the insurgents taking over the south and significantly shifted the balance of forces in the north, it did not end the conflict. The insurgents have dispersed into remote areas in the sub-region, changing their tactics to terrorist-like activities. Different forms of political negotiation and reconciliation are certainly needed in the region. With the current global clash between radical Islam and the Western “War on Terror”, northern Mali will probably continue to be contested terrain for a long time. In the meantime, a transition to democratic rule is planned for the country, with elections scheduled for July this year. In all likelihood, this will prove to be only an illusory end to an intense power tussle over state control in Bamako.
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- Lindberg, Emy
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Youth and the labour market in Liberia : on history, state structures and spheres of informalities
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study explores the historical development of the Liberian labor market with a particular focus on young men and women. It asks, what constitutes and shapes the Liberian labour market? By looking at labour mobilization and the structure of the (in)formal labour market – both in peace and war – our understanding of the contemporary Liberian labour marketis substantially enhanced. The study finds that there are many recurring patterns of labor migration, labor mobilization and distribution that have existed in the Liberian pre-war, war and post-war settings. Historical structures of informality and patrimonialism continue to dominate Liberia today. In addition to this, the study's focus on youths provides an insight into how this section of society moves through the labour market. It also examines the idea of unemployed youths as particularly prone to violence.
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- Malmberg, Bo
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Demography and the development potential of sub-Saharan Africa
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Population growth in Africa has laid the foundation for the eventual development of a prosperous region. Since the 1950s, sub-Saharan Africa has doubled its population twice over to become one of the most populous regions in the world. If sub-Saharan Africa succeeds in taking advantage of this population potential, the sub-continent could become a major player in the world economy. A major reason sub-Saharan Africa remains poor is the very high child-dependency arising from a very high total fertility rate, and low life expectancy based on both high infant mortality and high adult mortality rates. Reduced mortality and lower fertility are key requirements if sub-Saharan Africa is to enter a development trajectory that makes possible increasing per capita incomes and reductions in poverty.
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- Melber, Henning
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Das deutsche Afrika
- 2019
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Ingår i: Deutschland und Afrika. - Frankfurt am Main : Brandes & Apsel Verlag. - 9783955582579 ; , s. 7-21
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Melber, Henning
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Elmar Altvater (1938-2018)
- 2019. - 2
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Ingår i: Key Thinkers on Development. - London : Routledge. - 9781138494329 - 9781138494282 - 9781351026307 ; , s. 18-23
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Melber, Henning
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Herausforderung deutscher Dekolonisierung
- 2019
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Ingår i: Deutschland und Afrika. - Frankfurt am Main : Brandes & Apsel Verlag. - 9783955582579 ; , s. 209-219
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Melber, Henning
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Sam Nujoma : Lebenslänglich Freiheitskämpfer
- 2019
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Ingår i: Politiker ohne Amt. - Paderborn : Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh. ; , s. 239-256, s. 239-256
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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Navigating youth, generating adulthood : social becoming in an African context
- 2006
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This book focuses on the lives and experiences of young people in Africa. On agents who, willingly or unwillingly, see themselves as belonging to the socio-generational category of youth and the ways in which they seek to shape and unfold their lives in a positive manner. Rather than seeing youth as either a social or cultural entity in itself, or as a predefined life-stage, the book argues for an exploration of how youth position themselves and are positioned within generational categories. In studying young people, social scientists must conceptualise youth as both social being and social becoming; a position in movement. It is from the duality of being positioned and seeking one's own socio-generational position that this book engages in the debate on contemporary African youth.
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- Oestigaard, Terje, 1973-, et al.
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Cremation, Corpses and Cannibalism : Comparative Cosmologies and Centuries of Cosmic Consumption
- 2017
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Death matters and the matters of death are initially, and to a large extent, the decaying flesh of the corpse. Cremation as a ritual practice is the fastest and most optimal way of dissolving the corpse’s flesh, either by annihilation or purification, or a combination. Still, cremation was not the final rite, and the archaeological record testifies that the dead represented a means to other ends – the flesh, and not the least the bones – have been incorporated in a wide range of other ritual contexts. While human sacrifices and cannibalism as ritual phenomena are much discussed in anthropology, archaeology has an advantage, since the actual bone material leaves traces of ritual practices that are unseen and unheard of in the contemporary world. As such, this book fleshes out a broader and more coherent understanding of prehistoric religions and funeral practices in Scandinavia by focusing on cremation, corpses and cannibalism.
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