Africa

Emerging Economies and Market Oriented Development Policy

Abdelfatah Ibrahim • Apr 5 2012 • Essays

The classification of countries has been dynamic through history due to changing economic situations and fluctuating relations between states.

The Resilience of Arab Spring Monarchies

Ariana Keyman • Apr 2 2012 • Essays

The consequences of the Arab Spring will be different for monarchies than for republics. Arab monarchies are stronger structurally, and more flexible.

SAPs and the Build up to the Rwandan Genocide

Thomas Hauschildt • Mar 31 2012 • Essays

It is evident that SAPs worsened the economic situation of Rwanda, and they had significant effects on the wider social and political environment.

Abjection and Resistance on the Zambian Copperbelt

Joe Sutcliffe • Mar 29 2012 • Essays

By concentrating on the struggles of Copperbelt mineworkers, their resistance to neoliberal domination in Zambia be understood and reaffirmed.

African PCCs and Economics

Neil Renic • Mar 28 2012 • Essays

Economic factors are central to the genesis, progression and resolution of African PCCs. Foreign states and aid agencies must respond with techniques that economically disincentivise combatants.

Failed State or Failed Label? The concealing concept and the case of Somalia

Stian Eisentrager • Mar 27 2012 • Essays

The failed state label is catchy and works well in political propaganda, however the term is extremely value-laden and it is outrageously imprecise.

South-South Cooperation and Aid

Megan Pickup • Mar 26 2012 • Essays

Brazil, China, India, and South Africa represent some of the largest contributors overall in terms of emerging donors and are likely the highest contributors to the specific category of SSC.

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and African Developmental States

Kathryn Brunton • Mar 6 2012 • Essays

Although the participatory approach is essential to development in its aims, its application through the PRSP initiative needs reworking.

Towards A Nuanced Understanding of Failed States

Ahmed Khaled Rashid and Elayna Hamashuk • Mar 6 2012 • Essays

Generalizations are not helpful in determining the causes and implications of state failure in particular cases, as the situation is Somalia demonstrates.

Why Do New Democracies Not Choose First Past the Post?

Tom Pettinger • Feb 9 2012 • Essays

New democracies can achieve their primary objectives of inclusiveness and compromise much more effectively with proportional representation or mixed systems.

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