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Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

Changing paradigms in development - South, East and West : a meeting of minds in Africa

Medarbetare: Troil, Margaretha von
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Africa, Development strategy, Development theory, Sex roles, Environment, Development aid, Conference papers, Political science, Statsvetenskap
Events during the past few years have challenged established conceptions of politics and ideology. Ideas take long to change, and this book is one contribution to the reconsideration of previous notions that has to be done.

Policy implications on environment : the case of villagisation in Tanzania

Upphovsperson: Kikula, Idris S.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1997
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Resettlement, Government policy, Land use, Environmental effects, Agricultural productivity, Vegetation, Soil erosion, Settlement policy, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Traditional methods of land management through rapid change in the name of "development" has led to land degradation. Resettlement during villagisation increased the human and livestock population. The concentration of this increased population into nucleated settlements and the rigid so-called "land-use plans" meant a complete disruption of traditional land management system. This study points towards the need for educational and awareness programmes to go along with policies which have environmental implications.

Social change and economic reform in Africa

Medarbetare: Gibbon, Peter
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, Non-governmental organizations, Economic policy, Economic reform, Agriculture, Labour, Health, Political participation, Informal sector, Social change, Structural adjustment, Economic conditions, Business and economics, Ekonomi
The African-based authors of this volume provide a series of objective, detailed, factually up-to-date, and theoretically informed studies of reent developments in agriculture, the informal sector, the social sector and 'civil society' in Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. They analyse the main trends and forces operating in these fields and consider the economic reform programme's impact against this background.

Handbook of regional organizations in Africa

Upphovsperson: Söderbaum, Fredrik
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1996
Ämnesord: Africa, Regional organizations, Manuals, Directories, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Modern Africa has experienced the creation of more than 500 intergovernmental organizations. Today, well over 200 of these still exist, and new ones are continually emerging. The aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date, user-friendly, annotated reference guide on as many African regional organizations as possible. It is of use to students, researchers, journalists, national and international civil servants and others who need basic information on regional organizations in Africa.

Culture in Africa : an appeal for pluralism

Medarbetare: Granqvist, Raoul
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Africa, Communication, Culture, Literature, Folk culture, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The essays in this publication range from poetry and drama to church music, architecture, and popular magazines. Common to them is the effort to make the disciplines of arts and those of social sciences meet. African cultural expressions are treated here as anchored in the experiences common to the people of Africa, while the provincial exclusiveness of Afrocentrism is shunned.

Villes secondaires et pouvoirs locaux en Afrique sub-saharienne : le Congo

Upphovsperson: Ziavoula, Robert Edmond
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1996
Ämnesord: Congo, Central Africa, Towns, Middle sized towns, Public administration, Local government, Population, Electoral systems, Political science, Statsvetenskap
Une étude sur les villes secondaires qui pour les paysans sont une interface entre le village et la grande ville, et pour les décideurs sont une alternative au développement de l'économie locale.

Organising the farmers : cocoa politics and national development in Ghana

Upphovsperson: Beckman, Björn
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1976
Ämnesord: Ghana, West Africa, History, Post war, Farmers, Cocoa, Farmers' associations, Development policy, National plans, Political science, Statsvetenskap
The United Ghana Farmers' Council was the farmers' wing of the Convention People's Party, which, led by Kwame Nkrumah, gained independence for Ghana in 1957. The Farmers' Council was dissolved and banned in 1966, together with other CPP organisations, after a military coup had overthrown the Nkrumah government. This book is primarly about the Farmers' Council and its functions in the political and economic system established by the CPP.

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