Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

The agrarian question in Southern Africa and "Accumulation from below" : economics and politics in the struggle for democracy

Upphovsperson:	Neocosmos, Michael
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1993
Ämnesord:	Southern Africa, Agriculture, Agrarian structure, Democratization, Economic systems, Socialism, Imperialism, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

Democratisation is on the agenda in Africa, but as the author stresses, this is not just a political question. Alternative forms of accumulation from below must be addressed, and this he does against the backdrop of the historical experiences of Southern Africa.

The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola : a model for the coordination of humanitarian assistance?

Upphovsperson:	Lanzer, Toby
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Angola, Southern Africa, Emergency relief, Diplomacy, Government, Internal security, UNITA, United Nations, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

This report describes the activities of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) in Angola from April 1993 to April 1995. It starts with the creation of DHA Angola in 1993 and continues to describe how relations were established with the Government and UNITA. It covers the different ways in which main concepts and roles and responsibilities could be discussed and agreed to. It presents the day-to-day activities including the crucial information exchange. It shows how DHA organised the preparation and launching of inter-agency appeals. It describes how DHA promoted and monitored the safety of humanitarian agency personnel and how capacity building was made one of the important strategies of DHA.

Trade and industrial policies in the new South Africa

Upphovsperson:	Moritz, Lena
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	South Africa, Southern Africa, Trade, Foreign trade policy, Industrial policy, Export planning, Small enterprises, Medium enterprises, Economic conditions, Business and economics, Ekonomi

To achieve economic growth, South Africa aims at a more outward-oriented economic framework. However, as is discussed in the study, the transition to a more outward-oriented economy is made difficult by the constraints created by past industrial policies. Protectionism, the apartheid system, and other regulations have contributed to a generally, noncompetitive manufacturing sector, a weak macroeconomic position, and distorted factor markets. Social unrest compounds the problem, as does lack of skill and capital.

Human rights and homosexuality in Southern Africa

Upphovspersoner:	Dunton, Chris | Palmberg, Mai
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Human rights, Homosexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

At the 1995 Zimbabwe International Bookfair the organisation of Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe was prevented from taking part. This opened up an unprecedented debate in southern Africa, which is conveyed in this report, together with a survey of African views on homosexuality, a global overview on homosexuality and the law, and an address list of human rights organisations and organisations working for gay and lesbian rights. A first-hand report and analysis of the new book fair drama in Harare 1996 is included in the new expanded edition.

From the mountains to the plains : the integration of the Lafofa Nuba into Sudanese society

Upphovsperson:	Manger, Leif O.
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Nuba, Sudan, Liri region, Sudan, East Africa, Anthropology, Ethnic groups, Traditional culture, Adaptation to change, Cultural integration, Social integration, Agrarian structure, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

This study of the Lafofa Nuba in the Sudan is the first comprehensive analysis of a matrilineal Nuba group. The author discusses the ways in which the Lafofa people in the Sudan are affected by centralisation of administration, commercialisation of agriculture, and the influence of Muslim culture. The study is a revision of the author's dissertation in anthropology.

Health and structural adjustment in rural and urban Zimbabwe

Upphovspersoner:	Bijlmakers, Leon A. | Basset, Mary T. | Sanders, David M.
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Structural adjustment, Health, Health services, , SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

This report attempts to intervene in the discussion on the social effects of structural adjustment through an empirically-based assessment of the impact of the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) of the Zimbabwean state on the country's health sector. The author's conclude that ESAP has resulted in a serious degradation of the poor in Zimbabwe, and an overall decline in the health status of the working poor, which the Social Dimensions Fund has failed to mitigate.

Enough is enough! For an alternative diagnosis of the African crisis

Upphovsperson:	Lopes, Carlos
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Africa, Economic conditions, Economic reform, Politics, Democratization, Resources mobilization, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

The African crisis is a recurrent theme in all discourse on Africa in the 1990s, in stark contrast with the optimism of the first decades of independence. This discussion paper questions the very description of the state of affairs in Africa, and is written as an African input in the debate on problems and prospects in Africa.

The new local level politics in East Africa : studies on Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya

Upphovspersoner:	Kanyinga, Karuti | Gibbon, Peter | Kiondo, Andrew S. Z. | Tidemand, Per
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, East Africa, Local government, Political participation, Social structure, Ethnicity, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

This research report consists of three studies: Per Tidemand's Ugandan study concentrates on the politics of the new representative local state institutions which emerged in 1986. Andrew Kiondo's Tanzania study focuses on the myriad of local-level non-state institutions which have emerged there in recent years. Karuti Kanyinga examines the phenomenen of local-level competitive party politic in Kenya. His essay also analyses the interactions between local-level and national party politics.

The aid relationship in Zambia : a conflict scenario

Upphovspersoner:	Saasa, Oliver S. | Carlsson, Jerker
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1996
Ämnesord:	Zambia, Southern Africa, Development aid, Aid evaluation, Development projects, Aid coordination, Development administration, Macroeconomics, Economic conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

Does aid work? This book examines this issue. But rather than trying to establish how effective aid has been, the focus is shifted towards to one of the key edterminants of effectiveness - the aid relationship. It looks at the relationship between Zambia and its donors and discusses the likely impact of aid in a country where poverty has become rampant and the international debt has reached unmanageable proportions.

Politics on paper : Finland's South Africa policy 1945-1991

Upphovsperson:	Heino, Timo-Erkki
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1992
Ämnesord:	South Africa, Southern Africa, Finland, Foreign policy, Sanctions, History, Post war, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

Finland is one of the Nordic countries, whose support for the liberation of South Africa from apartheid has been acclaimed. But Finland has often dragged its feet on South African policies, partly because of a generally cautious foreign policy, partly because of the influence of the paper and the pulp industry. Only an active public opinion mobilisation and trade union actions have moved the Finnish foreign policy establishment into isolation of the apartheid regime. The author has made the first comprehensive study of Finnish policies on South Africa, covering the post-war period. It gives valuable insights not only into the policies on South Africa, but also is well-documented study of how foreign policy is formed in Finland.

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