Similar Search Results

The transformation of rural labour systems in colonial and post-colonial Northern Nigeria

Kohnert, Dirk - 1986

The study attempts to highlight the interrelation between three central points in the ongoing debate on the political economy of development: viability, surplus, and class-formation. A case study of the development of rural labour systems in Northern Nigeria is meant to provide both a better...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334895

African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334764

Cultures of innovation of the African poor : on the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and African Diasporas in Latin America

Kohnert, Dirk - 2011 - Rev.

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334798

New nationalism and development in Africa : review article

Kohnert, Dirk - 2009

nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334818

Togo : political and socio-economic development : (2015 - 2017)

Kohnert, Dirk - 2017

-endedly. Overriding concerns for stability in West Africa in view of growing Islamist threats in neighbouring countries as well as Togo …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723903

New Nationalism and Development in Africa - Review Article

Kohnert, Dirk - 2017

), Making Nations, Creating Strangers. States and Citizenship in Africa. African Social Studies Series, Leiden: Brill, ISBN … 9004157905, 282 pages. * Simpson, Andrew (ed.) (2008), Language and National Identity in Africa. Oxford, New York: Oxford … related subjects. The new nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207567

Togo : A Didactic Drama of Misled Democratisation in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - 2008

When the longest-serving African dictator, Togo's Gnassingbé Eyadéma, died unexpectedly in February 2005 after 38 years of autocratic rule, Togo became a test case for indigenous democratisation efforts of African states. However, it soon became clear that a change of regime through the ballot...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055823

Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor. Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in Latin America

Kohnert, Dirk - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056699

Common Roots, Shared Traits, Joint Prospects? Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor - on the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and Black Diasporas in Latin America

Kohnert, Dirk - 2009

The globalized western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014057201

Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175

One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327902