Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa

Author: Philip Roessler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107176077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 419

Book Description
This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war. Drawing evidence from extensive field research in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined with statistical analysis of most African countries, it develops a framework to understand the causes of state failure.

Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa

Author: Robtel Neajai Pailey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108836542
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.

Constraining Dictatorship

Author: Anne Meng
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108834892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Examining constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa reveals how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rule-based systems.

Innovation Africa

Author: Olugbenga Adesida
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1785603108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 479

Book Description
This book contains a number of case studies that examine the nature and origins of emerging high-end innovation hubs in Africa. It analyses, highlights and draws lessons from some of the most promising and successful innovation cases in Africa today, exploring the key factors driving their successful emergence, growth and future prospects.

The Surprising Science of Meetings

Author: Steven G. Rogelberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190689218
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
No organization made up of human beings is immune from the all-too-common meeting gripes: those that fail to engage, those that inadvertently encourage participants to tune out, and those that blatantly disregard participants' time. In The Surprising Science of Meetings, Steven G. Rogelberg draws from extensive research, analytics and data mining, and survey interviews to share the proven techniques that help managers and employees change the way they run meetings and upgrade the quality of their working hours.

The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa

Author: Alex de Waal
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745695612
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals. Drawing on a thirty-year career in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, including experience as a participant in high-level peace talks, Alex de Waal provides a unique and compelling account of how these countries’ leaders run their governments, conduct their business, fight their wars and, occasionally, make peace. De Waal shows how leaders operate on a business model, securing funds for their ‘political budgets’ which they use to rent the provisional allegiances of army officers, militia commanders, tribal chiefs and party officials at the going rate. This political marketplace is eroding the institutions of government and reversing statebuildingÑand it is fuelled in large part by oil exports, aid funds and western military assistance for counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa is a sharp and disturbing book with profound implications for international relations, development and peacemaking in the Horn of Africa and beyond.

African Programs of U. S. Organizations

Author: United States. Department of State. External Research Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description

African Series

Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description

Robben Island to Wall Street

Author: Gaby Magomola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781868885701
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303) and index.

Rube Tube

Author: Sara K. Eskridge
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 082627417X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Historian Sara Eskridge examines television’s rural comedy boom in the 1960s and the political, social, and economic factors that made these shows a perfect fit for CBS. The network, nicknamed the Communist Broadcasting System during the Red Scare of the 1940s, saw its image hurt again in the 1950s with the quiz show scandals and a campaign against violence in westerns. When a rival network introduced rural-themed programs to cater to the growing southern market, CBS latched onto the trend and soon reestablished itself as the Country Broadcasting System. Its rural comedies dominated the ratings throughout the decade, attracting viewers from all parts of the country. With fascinating discussions of The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and other shows, Eskridge reveals how the southern image was used to both entertain and reassure Americans in the turbulent 1960s.