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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- Contents -- Series Preface. African Potentials for Convivial World-Making -- 1. The Idea of 'African Potentials' -- 2. African Forum: A Unique Intellectual Collaboration between Japan and Africa -- 3. What are African Potentials? -- 4. The African Potentials Series -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction. African Politics of Survival: Extraversion and Informality in the Contemporary World -- Acknowledgement -- References |
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Chapter 1 -- A Legitimate Proxy? The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire from the Perspective of African Regional Organisations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Trajectory of Côte d'Ivoire Leading up to Intervention by the UN PKO -- 3. How Was This Intervention Possible? -- 4. The Response of African Regional Organisations to the Post-Election Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire -- 5. The Legitimacy Underpinning the UN PKO Military Operation -- 6. Was the United Nations a 'Proxy' for the Nations of Africa? -- 7. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement -- References |
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Chapter 2 -- Overcoming the Dichotomy between Africa and the West: Norms and Measures for Arms Transfers to Non-State Actors (NSAs) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern State Formation, 'Standards of Civilisation' and NSAs -- 3. Interwar Period: 'Standards of Civilisation' Continued -- 4. Post-WWII: From Positive to Negative Sovereignty -- 5. Post-Cold War: Three Approaches to Arms Transfer -- 6. Post-Cold War International Agreements -- 7. Diversification and Fragmentation of International Norms -- 8. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement -- References |
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Chapter 3 -- Competing Local Knowledges of an Indigenous Plant: The Social Construction of Legitimate Rooibos Use in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interaction of Local Knowledges -- 3. Configuration of Local Knowledges Regarding Rooibos Use in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 4. Concluding Remarks: Images of Local Knowledge in a Global Market -- Endonotes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 4 -- The Working Collapsed State as a Resilient Reaction in the Contemporary World: The Case of Somalia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualising the Collapsed State |
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3. Somalia as a Collapsed State -- 4. How Does a Collapsed State Work? -- 5 Analytical Perspective on the Working Collapsed State -- 6. State Building as Extraversion in Somalia -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 5 -- When African Potentials Fail to Work: The Background to Recent Land Conflicts in Africa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Flexibility and Negotiability in the African Land Tenure System -- 3. Population Growth and Strong Demand for Land -- 4. Land Law Reforms -- 5. Reasons for Land Conflicts -- 6. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement |
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"This volume addresses two primary research concerns: first, considering extraversion (or extroversion) as a term for characterizing a region that is "mobilizing resources from their (possibly unequal) relationship with the external environment", a dynamic that constitutes a possible African potential; and, second, a survey of competing systems and strategies with a focus on relationships between formal and informal institutions in terms of their collaborations and conflicts. In addition, this volume contains three chapters examining very recent African responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from a variety of perspectives. The final part of this volume contains an important contribution to the conceptualization of 'African Potentials'. This has proven to be a significant conceptual innovation, that allows intellectual access to alternative ways of thinking about latent ideas of universality."-Back cover. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Africa. |
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Social conditions. |
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21st century |
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Politics and government. |
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Institutional cooperation -- Africa.
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Institutional cooperation. |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9956551686 9789956551682 (OCoLC)1241163631 |
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9789956551224 (electronic book) |
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9956551228 (electronic book) |
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9956551686 |
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9789956551682 |
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