Routledge Studies in African Development
About the Book Series
The series features innovative and original research on African development from scholars both within and outside of Africa. It particularly promotes comparative and interdisciplinary research targeted at a global readership.
In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
The series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors on cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in global news and public debate. To submit proposals, please contact the Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Microfinance, Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction in Ghana
1st Edition
By Aaron Alesane
December 30, 2022
This book assesses the role of microfinance in the construction of livelihoods for poverty reduction in the Northern Savannah of Ghana, analysing the current microfinance landscape and financial services in the region. The book analyses the current microfinance landscape and financial services in ...
Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa
1st Edition
By Redie Bereketeab
August 01, 2022
This book critically interrogates the neoliberal peacebuilding and statebuilding model and proposes a popular progressive model centred around the lived realities of African societies. The neoliberal interventionist model assumed prominence and universal hegemony following the demise of state...
African Environmental Crisis: A History of Science for Development
1st Edition
By Gufu Oba
December 13, 2021
This book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse. From the beginnings of imperial administration, the idea of the desiccation of African ...
Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa
1st Edition
By T.D. Harper-Shipman
March 31, 2021
Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa demonstrates how instead of empowering the communities they work with, the jargon of development ownership often actually serves to perpetuate the centrality of multilateral organizations and international donors in African development, awarding a ...
Economic Dualism in Zimbabwe: From Colonial Rhodesia to Post-Independence
1st Edition
By Daniel B. Ndlela
December 18, 2020
This book identifies the root causes of income inequality in underdeveloped economies and proposes new solutions for structural reform in economies that have long neglected and exploited working people. It focuses on the case of Zimbabwe, a classic example of an African post-colonial state ...
African Peacekeeping Training Centres: Socialisation as a Tool for Peace?
1st Edition
By Anne Flaspöler
September 30, 2020
Peacekeeping training centres play a crucial role in preparing peacekeepers for their deployment. However, despite their popularity within the international community as a tool for achieving international security, development, and state-building objectives, they have not received a great deal of ...
Extractive Industries and Changing State Dynamics in Africa: Beyond the Resource Curse
1st Edition
Edited
By Jon Schubert, Ulf Engel, Elísio Macamo
September 30, 2020
This book uses extractive industry projects in Africa to explore how political authority and the nation-state are reconfigured at the intersection of national political contestations and global, transnational capital. Instead of focusing on technological zones and the new social assemblages at the ...
The Challenge of Governance in South Sudan: Corruption, Peacebuilding, and Foreign Intervention
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven C Roach, Derrick K Hudson
September 30, 2020
South Sudan is one of the world’s most divided and unstable countries. Since achieving statehood in 2011, the country has plunged into civil war (2013-15) and become the scene of some of the worst human rights abuses on the African continent. Despite ongoing political turmoil, states and ...
National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Redie Bereketeab
June 07, 2019
Africa is well known for the production of national liberation movements (NLMs), stemming from a history of exploitation, colonisation and slavery. NLMs are generally characterised by a struggle carried out by or in the name of suppressed people for political, social, cultural, economic, ...
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity
1st Edition
By Jacqueline Hanoman
April 15, 2019
Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality. Based on extensive original research in Free State Province, South Africa, the book explores how people ...
Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa: In Search of Alternative Strategies
1st Edition
Edited
By Kenneth Omeje
August 22, 2018
Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa explores the challenges and opportunities faced by countries and societies transitioning from armed conflicts to peace in contemporary Africa. It evaluates the effectiveness, outcomes and failures of existing peacebuilding initiatives implemented by stakeholders...
Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The democratic dividend
1st Edition
Edited
By Dan Banik, Blessings Chinsinga
December 21, 2017
Malawi is among the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has witnessed significant improvements in relation to meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. It exhibits some of the main challenges facing African democracies while they attempt to consolidate the benefits of ...