SOCIAL SCIENCES

Crisis management and the politics of reconciliation in Somalia : statements from the Uppsala Forum, 17-19 January 1994

Medarbetare:	Salih, M. A. Mohamed | Wohlgemuth, Lennart
Utgivare:	Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Somalia, East Africa, Political development, Conflicts, Civil war, Dispute settlement, Foreign intervention, Conference papers, Documents, United Nations, History, Post war, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

The volume presents an assessment of the achievement and drawbacks of the Somali peace process, the politics of reconciliation, relief and rehabilitation, and the role of grassroots and local level organizations. It includes first-hand documents such as UN resolutions, peace conferences and human rights reviews of the UN intervention in Somalia.

Structural adjustment and ethnicity in Nigeria

Upphovsperson:	Osaghae, Eghosa E.
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1995
Ämnesord:	Nigeria, West Africa, Structural adjustment, Politics, Ethnicity, , SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

It is generally agreed that the implementation of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and the deep economic crisis which prefaced and continued to attend their adaptation in several African countries have had serious economic, social and political consequences. Against this background, this study examines the effect of SAP on ethnicity in Nigeria.

The politics of two Sudans : the South and the North 1821-1969

Upphovsperson:	Ruay, Deng D. Akol
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Sudan, East Africa, History, Colonialism, Independence, Government, Civil war, Islamic law, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

A vivid and telling account of the political history of Sudan between 1821 and 1969. It clearly testifies to why the so-called Republic of Sudan is in reality two Sudans: North Sudan and South Sudan. The two differ in every substantive aspect: geographically, ethnically, culturally and religiously.

Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa : state of the art literature review

Upphovspersoner:	Waldron, Sidney | Hasci, Naima A.
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Sida
År:	1995
Ämnesord:	Somalia, East Africa, Refugees, Civil War, Literature surveys, Repatriation, Refugee camps, Refugee aid, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

The disaster of the serious refugee situation in the horn of Africa following the internal strife of Somalia, has been in focus for Swedish assistance for many years. SIDA has, in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute, commissioned the Refugee Studies Programme at the University of Oxford to summarize available information from research, studies and evaluations with reference to this particular area. The result is presented in this third issue of "Studies on Emergencies and Disaster Relief".

Namibia and external resources : the case of Swedish development assistance

Upphovsperson:	Odén, Bertil
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1994
Ämnesord:	Namibia, Southern Africa, Sweden, Economic conditions, Economic development, External financing, Resources management, Income distribution, Development aid, Recommendations, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

What is the role of international development assistance in a newly independent country such as Namibia? The two studies in this report give some inputs to the discussion on the benefits and problems of aid. One focuses on macro-economics, resource distribution and effects of international development assistance in general. The other is an analysis of the impact of Swedish development assistance.

South African minerals : an analysis of Western dependence

Upphovspersoner:	Gustafsson, Hans | Odén, Bertil | Tegen, Andreas
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1990
Ämnesord:	South Africa, Southern Africa, Minerals, Mineral resources, Natural resources, Exports, Economics, Economic aspects, Sanctions, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

This study examines the thesis about Western dependency on South african minerals. An analysis of world production, trade and consumption patterns leads to conclusions about South Africa's role as supplier, and possible alternatives in southern Africa and elsewhere. The study gives an up-to-date picture of the South African role as minerals supplier in the southern Africa region, and is at the same time an insightful review of one key element of the sanctions debate of the last decade.

State, cooperatives and development in Africa

Upphovsperson:	Holmén, Hans
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1990
Ämnesord:	Africa, State, Cooperatives, Agricultural cooperatives, Cooperative farming, Rural cooperatives, Agricultural production, Production cooperatives, Development, Agricultural development, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

n this study the author discusses the twin pair cooperatives and development, looking both at constraints and possibilities. It is a theoretical study, but firmly anchored in a variety of emperical works, on the basis of which the author build the discussion.

Maternal and child health in Kenya : a study of poverty, disease and malnutrition in Samia

Upphovsperson:	K'Okul, Richard Nelson Ochieng
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Helsinki ; Uppsala : Finnish Society for Development Studies ; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1991
Ämnesord:	Samia, Kenya, East Africa, Maternal and child health, Malnutrition, Diseases, Household surveys, Poverty, Food supply, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

A study of the effects of declining food production and recurrent famine in Kenya. It is based on fieldwork in Samia, Western Kenya, a region where the population has been malnourished on the verge of starvation.

Culture and development : the popular theatre approach in Africa

Upphovsperson:	Mlama, Penina Muhando
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1991
Ämnesord:	Tanzania, East Africa, Africa, Theatre, Community development, Social participation, History, Post war, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

"The Popular Theatre movement in Africa is a response to a history that has undermined people's genuine participation in the development process." With these words Penina Mlama opens the exciting survey in this book of different attempts at creating a truly Popular Theatre in the third World in general, and in Africa in particular. The author who is a writer and academic in Tanzania draws heavily on her own involvement in this cultural-political movement.

Religion and politics in Southern Africa

Medarbetare:	Palmberg, Mai | Hallencreutz, Carl Fredrik
Utgivare:	Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1991
Ämnesord:	Southern Africa, History, Religion, Church, Politics, Conference papers, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

As steps are taken towards the end of apartheid and a new political future in South Africa the theme of religion and politics is both topical and urgent. Religion plays and will play a large part in South Africa, as the experiences of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia already show. The contributions from an interdisciplinary seminar held in Uppsala, Sweden, offer both sceptical, self-critical, hopeful and cautious perspectives from a variety of viewpoints.

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