The paper argues that the growth of oil production and exports has served less to bring about unprecedented structural change than to reveal economic, social and political processes which have been under way for some time. This argument is based on a case study of accumulation and social...

Using case studies drawn from the authors' own and others' research, this working paper describes and compares some of the ways land conflicts reflected, intensified or reshaped struggles over authority within and between families, local communities, institutions and states in post-colonial...

What are the fundamental issues, processes, agency and dynamics that shape the political economy of life in modern Africa? In this book, the contributors - experts in anthropology, history, political science, economics, conflict and peace studies, philosophy and language - examine the...