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]).
Africa’s Economic Partnership with China: An Holistic Analysis
1st Edition
By Mussie Delelegn Arega
May 27, 2024
This book examines how increasing Africa-China relations in the fields of trade, development finance and investment have impacted productive capacities and structural economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The book argues that statistical and empirical evidence shows that China’s ...
Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development
1st Edition
By Niamh Gaynor
May 27, 2024
This book investigates women’s political participation in Africa. Going beyond the formal institutions of electoral politics, it explores a range of spaces where everyday politics take place, at national and at local levels. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the number of ...
Politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau: Precolonial Influence on the Postcolonial State
1st Edition
By Mariama Khan
May 27, 2024
This book explores how precolonial political traditions and practices shape modern-day politics in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. The precolonial Kaabu empire dominated the region for over 300 years, leaving a rich oral and ritual culture that emphasized the importance of a ruler’s legitimacy among...
Responding to Mass Atrocities in Africa: Protection First and Justice Later
1st Edition
By Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau
September 25, 2023
This book explores the relationship between the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), challenging the assumption that they are always mutually reinforcing or complementary, and examining instead the many tensions which arise between the immediate imperative of ...
Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa: The Zambian Experience
1st Edition
By Horman Chitonge
May 31, 2023
Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa offers an in-depth analysis of the role industrial policy can play in the transformation of African economies. Using examples from Zambia’s industrial development experience, this book illustrates that core features of the ...
Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa
1st Edition
By Fred Eboko
May 31, 2023
Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public policy action more broadly in contemporary ...
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...
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...
African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization: Employment, politics, and prospects for change
1st Edition
Edited
By Danielle Resnick, James Thurlow
February 09, 2017
The much heralded growth and transformation of many economies in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade continues to receive prominent attention in academic scholarship and among policy practitioners. An apparent feature about this transformation, however, is that Africa’s youth appear to have ...