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Beyond ‘dust and mud’: Citizenship, governance, and the politics of peri-urban road infrastructure in Kumasi

Recommended Citation Asante, L. A., Ehwi, R. J., Abubakari, Z., Abbas, J., Boakye, Y. A. B., Asare, P. A.-J., & Quaye, V. (2026). Beyond...

Lewis Abedi Asante Lewis Abedi Asante

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Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa

Fombad, Charles M. and Nico Steytler. (Eds.). 2024. Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa. Oxford University Press. https:...

Charles Fombad Charles Fombad

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Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa

Fombad, Charles M. and Nico Steytler. (Eds.). 2022. Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10...

Charles Fombad Charles Fombad

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Rethinking Civil-Military Relations in Africa: Beyond the Coup d’État

Khisa, Moses ad Christopher Day. (Eds.). 2022. Rethinking Civil-Military Relations in Africa: Beyond the Coup d’État. Lynne Rienner Publishe...

Moses Khisa Moses Khisa

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Democracy and Executive Power: Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany, and France

Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 2021. Democracy and Executive Power: Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany, and France. Yale Universi...

Susan Rose-Ackerman Susan Rose-Ackerman

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Federalism in Africa in Comparative Perspective

Federalism is arguably one of the less explored subjects in African political studies.

Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae Andreas Freytag Andreas Freytag Abena Oduro Abena Oduro Deborah James Deborah James

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The was, the is and the might-have-been: Political leadership in post-apartheid South Africa

Bill Nasson. 2008. The was, the is and the might-have-been: Political leadership in post-apartheid South Africa. Journal of African History,...

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A Shift in Western Development Agency Thinking? The Case for Second Best

Bekker, Simon and Norman Bromberger. 2016. A Shift in Western Development Agency Thinking? The Case for Second Best. Social Dynamics 42(3):5...

Simon Bekker Simon Bekker

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Everyday Authoritarianism: Urban Life and Politics in Luanda, Angola

This project poses the question of how authoritarian politics systems institutionalise themselves through everyday life.

Claudia Gastrow Claudia Gastrow

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Good policy; bad policy

This project proposes to examine three key policies, one in each ministry, in the form of a memoir on how decisions were taken and implemented.

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Opposition in African Politics: The Case of Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya

This research examines the idea of opposition in African politics against the backdrop of problems inherent in the democratization process in contemporary Africa with a view to analyzing their dimensions and implications for the development of the continent and her peoples.

Olayemi Akinwumi Olayemi Akinwumi

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Post-apartheid state engagement with customary structures

This project will contribute to a greater comparative understanding of state-customary knowledge and its challenges in Africa by way of a study of the experience of the post-apartheid State in this regard.

Alejandro Bendaña Alejandro Bendaña