Author: Institute of African and Asian Studies al-ḪurṭūmPublisher:
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Languages : en
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African studies seminar series
Author: Institute of African and Asian Studies al-ḪurṭūmPublisher:
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History and African Studies Seminar Series
Author: African and Asian Studies Seminar Series
Author: Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm. Maʻhad al-Dirāsāt al-Afrīqīyah wa-al-Āsiyawīyah. nitPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
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Beyond Liberal Order
Author: Harry VerhoevenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197654215
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
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What does liberal order actually amount to outside the West, where it has been most institutionalised? Contrary to the Atlantic or Pacific, liberal hegemony is thin in the Indian Ocean World; there are no equivalents of NATO, the EU or the US-Japan defence relationship. Yet what this book calls the 'Global Indian Ocean' was the beating heart of earlier epochs of globalisation, where experiments in international order, market integration and cosmopolitanisms were pioneered. Moreover, it is in this macro-region that today's challenges will face their defining hour: climate change, pandemics, and the geopolitical contest pitting China and Pakistan against the USA and India. The Global Indian Ocean states represent the greatest range of political systems and ideologies in any region, from Hindu-nationalist India and nascent democracy in Indonesia and South Africa, to the Gulf's mixture of tribal monarchy and high modernism. These essays by leading scholars examine key aspects of political order, and their roots in the colonial and pre-colonial past, through the lenses of state-building, nationalism, international security, religious identity and economic development. The emergent lessons are of great importance for the world, as the 'global' liberal order fades and new alternatives struggle to be born.
The Scramble for Africa
Author: M. E. ChamberlainPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317862554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia – was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the ‘scramble’ or ‘race’ for Africa, the period of around 20 years during which European powers carved up the continent with little or no consultation of its inhabitants. In her classic overview, M.E. Chamberlain: Contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what we now know of African civilisation and history Examines in detail case histories from Egypt to Zimbabwe Argues that the history and background of Africa are as important as European politics and diplomacy in understanding the 'scramble' Considers the historiography of the topic, taking into account Marxist and anti-Marxist, financial, economic, political and strategic theories of European imperialism This indispensible introduction, now in a fully updated third edition, provides the most accessible survey of the ‘scramble for Africa’ currently available. The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features. It is the perfect starting point for any study of this period in African history.
African and Asian Seminar Series
Author: Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm. Maʻhad al-Dirāsāt al-Afrīqīyah wa-al-ĀsiyawīyahPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
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Island Futures
Author: Mimi ShellerPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478012730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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In Island Futures Mimi Sheller delves into the ecological crises and reconstruction challenges affecting the entire Caribbean region during a time of climate catastrophe. Drawing on fieldwork on postearthquake reconstruction in Haiti, flooding on the Haitian-Dominican border, and recent hurricanes, Sheller shows how ecological vulnerability and the quest for a "just recovery" in the Caribbean emerge from specific transnational political, economic, and cultural dynamics. Because foreigners are largely ignorant of Haiti's political, cultural, and economic contexts, especially the historical role of the United States, their efforts to help often exacerbate inequities. Caribbean survival under ever-worsening environmental and political conditions, Sheller contends, demands radical alternatives to the pervasive neocolonialism, racial capitalism, and US military domination that have perpetuated what she calls the "coloniality of climate." Sheller insists that alternative projects for Haitian reconstruction, social justice, and climate resilience—and the sustainability of the entire region—must be grounded in radical Caribbean intellectual traditions that call for deeper transformations of transnational economies, ecologies, and human relations writ large.
African Studies Institute seminar
Author: African Studies Institute (Johannesburg)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 127
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African Studies Seminar Paper
Author: African Studies Newsletter
Author: Publisher: African Studies Association
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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