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  • Violence and Non-Violence in Africa

    Edited by Pal Ahluwalia, Louise Bethleham, Ruth Ginio ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    This unique volume seeks both to historicize and to deconstruct the pervasive, almost ritualistic, association of Africa with forms of terrorism as well as extreme violence, the latter bordering on and including genocide.Africa is tendentiously associated with violence in the popular and academic imagination alike. Written by leading authorities in postcolonial studies and African history, as well ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • African History: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Parker, Richard Rathbone ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to International Law

    Edited by James Crawford, Martti Koskenniemi ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Law
    This intellectually rigorous introduction to international law encourages readers to engage with multiple aspects of the topic: as 'law' directing and shaping its subjects; as a technique for governing the world of states and beyond statehood; and as a framework within which several critical and constructivist projects are articulated. The articles situate international law in its historical and ... Read more

    $48.39 USD

  • Living with Bad Surroundings

    War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda

    by Sverker Finnström, Neil L. Whitehead, Jo Ellen Fair, Leigh A. Payne ...
    Series series The Cultures and Practice of Violence
    Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. Acholi have been murdered, maimed, and driven into displacement. Thousands of children have been abducted and forced to fight. Many observers have perceived Acholiland and northern Uganda to be an exception in ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The World-System and Africa

    by Immanuel Wallerstein ...
    In The World-System and Africa, Immanuel Wallerstein examines three important, interconnected themes that link Africa and the capitalist world-system of the last 500 years. While drawing attention to the structural crisis of the modern world-system, Wallerstein uses the first set of essays to explore the impact of this worldwide structural crisis on Africa. Next, he turns to identity politics, a ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Africa

    The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

    by Patrick Chabal ...
    Series series World Political Theories
    The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence.In Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling Patrick Chabal approaches this question differently by ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • State of Rebellion

    Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic

    by Louisa Lombard ...
    Series series African Arguments
    Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins.In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far – ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History

    Edited by John Parker, Richard Reid ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History represents an invaluable tool for historians and others in the field of African studies. This collection of essays, produced by some of the finest scholars currently working in the field, provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa - a continent with a rich and complex past. An understanding of this past is ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Strangers in Our Midst

    The Political Philosophy of Immigration

    by David Miller ...
    How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to downplay the considerable cultural and demographic impact of immigration on host societies. Seeking to balance the rights of immigrants with the legitimate concerns of citizens, Strangers in Our Midst brings a bracing dose of realism to this ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Politics

    An African-Centered Paradigm for the Second Phase of the African Revolution

    by Kwame Botwe-Asamoah ...
    Series series African Studies
    This study critically synthesizes and analyses the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural philosophy and policies as an African-centered paradigm for the post-independence African revolution. It also argues for the relevance of his theories and politics in today's Africa. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • African Futures

    Essays on Crisis, Emergence, and Possibility

    Edited by Brian Goldstone, Juan Obarrio ...
    Civil wars, corporate exploitation, AIDS, and Ebola—but also democracy, burgeoning cities, and unprecedented communication and mobility: the future of Africa has never been more uncertain. Indeed, that future is one of the most complex issues in contemporary anthropology, as evidenced by the incredible wealth of ideas offered in this landmark volume. A consortium comprised of some of the most ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy

    by Anthony H. Birch ...
    This highly acclaimed and popular academic text is now available in a new edition, having been revised and updated to cover the analyses of the use, abuse and ambiguity of many essential concepts used in political discourse and political studies. These include basic concepts such as liberty, democracy, rights, representation, authority and political power.New to this edition are three sections of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD