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- Ukiwo, Ukoha
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The Nigerian state, oil and the Niger Delta crisis
- 2011
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Ingår i: Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta. - London ; Uppsala : Zed Books ; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. - 9781848138087 - 9781848138070 - 9781848138094 ; , s. 17-27
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta.
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Urban legal problems in Eastern Africa
- 1978
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper seeks to raise for discussion some of the issues and problems involved in the legal regulation of urban planning and housing in Africa.
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- Utas, Mats, 1968-, et al.
(författare)
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Tuaregien kapina
- 2013
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Ingår i: Ulkopolitiikka. - 0501-0659. ; :2, s. 56-59
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Vainio, Antti
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Market-based and Rights-based Approaches to the Informal Economy : a comparative analysis of the policy implications
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This Policy Dialogue compares two very different conceptions of the informal economy that are prominent internationally: a market-based approach and a rights-based approach. It reflects upon the policy implications of adopting one perspective or the other, and argues that the terms ‘entrepreneur’ and ‘worker’ are often ideologically charged rather than a reflection of the structural positions of the ‘informals’. The paper is critical of a market-based perspective and of the related notion of informal entrepreneurs, as these may lead to policy recommendations that undermine the already fragile livelihoods of many people. The ideas presented in this paper are part of a work in progress and are intended to promote further debate about sustainable policy-making aimed at enhancing the economic and social standing of vulnerable people in the informal economy.
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- Van Wyk, Jo-Ansie
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Cadres, capitalists, elites and coalitions : The ANC, business and development in South Africa
- 2009
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa is widely regarded as an exemplary case of an elite political settlement. Moreover, South Africa’s political history in the last two decades can certainly be understood in terms of the way old, new, political and economic elites interacted in different domains and sectors to resolve major collective problems and produce institutional solutions that would work – even if some of these solutions appeared contentious – and cater to broad interests. The political settlement achieved by opposing elites produced a unique democratic pact. However, less attention has been paid to the economic pact achieved by these elites. As a liberation movement, the African National Congress (ANC) advocated nationalisation to undo the socioeconomic legacies of apartheid, but once the political transition had commenced, it discarded nationalisation. Instead, ANC elites opted for pro-business/market policies, which stabilised the economy and attracted much needed foreign direct investment. Their decision was partly attributable to the negotiated political and economic pacts that they concluded with National Party elites and ‘white’ capital. With the political or democratic pact in place, the negotiation and consolidation of the economic pact was achieved with the formation of numerous formal and informal coalitions with first ‘white’ and later ‘black’ capital to undo the economic legacies of apartheid. Not only did the pact result led to a stable political transition, it also in political and economic transformation. More importantly, early signs are now evident of a developmental pact that may result in a successful developmental state capable of achieving equality and equity for all in post-apartheid South Africa.
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- Vilby, Knud
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Afrika på fel spår : utvecklingens och biståndets kris i ett allt fattigare Afrika
- 1984
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Afrika befinner sig i kris. Livsmedelsproduktionen sjunker, ekonomin vacklar. Den internationella ekonomiska krisen återverkar kraftigt på de fattigaste u-länderna och en inhemsk politik som har slagit fel ökar problemen. Eliten söker skydda sina egna intressen. Utvecklingen når inte ner till de fattigaste och kommer därför inte igång på riktigt.Boken handlar om Afrika men många av dess iakttagelser gäller också flera av världens fattigaste u-länder. Den drar dessutom paralleller mellan effekten av utvecklingsbistånd i vissa länder och oljeintäckter i några av de oljeexporterande u-länderna.
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- Vilby, Knud
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Independent? : Tanzania's challenges since Uhuru
- 2007
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This book describes the history and challenges facing Tanzania through the voices and memories of Tanzanians and through their visions and ideas about the challenges Tanzania faces today. It is a story of set backs and disappointments, but also of pride. Among those interviewed are leading politicians, activists and researchers, but also ordinary everyday Tanzanians - farmers, workers, grandfathers and grandmothers, active and retired civil servants - are interviewed. The statements are used thematically in chapters forcusing on the various challenges that have faced Tanzania: from insufficient focus on agriculture to the menace of corruption; from socialism to capitalism and from the role of the family to the importance of religion. There is a strong focus on the limitation of independence. Tanzania is independent, but there is no true independence in a globalized world.
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