nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …, Sara, Daniel Hammett, and Paul Nugent (eds.) (2007), Making Nations, Creating Strangers. States and Citizenship in Africa … National Identity in Africa. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199286751, 448 pages …

conditionality of aid, which had been emphasised as corner stone of the joint EU-Africa strategy. Recent empirical findings on the … linkage between democratization and economic performance in Western Africa are challenged because of lack of viable data. It …

academic analyses on “weak” or “failing states” in Africa and elsewhere. However, the concentration on externally induced … static cultural factors as custom, tradition or ethnicity, often said to be barriers to economic growth in Africa, have been … invented or adapted to changing requirements of societies. Rather than blaming the failure of development efforts in Africa …

the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan Af-rica (SSA) in relation to the EU. However, Africa's least developed … global players for Africa's resources is resulting in windfall profits for Africa. The latter is leading to a revival of … Africa's power elite, but not necessarily for Africa's poor. …

'brain drain' from Africa even more, while mil-lions of unskilled irregular migrants compete with the growing army of …

Ghana’s 2008 elections have been hailed by national and international observers as a model for Africa. This perception …

The New Nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared …