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Blood, Power, and Bedlam

Violations of International Criminal Law in Post-colonial Africa

By: Christopher W. Mullins,Dawn Rothe

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Blood, Power, and Bedlam

Violations of International Criminal Law in Post-colonial Africa

By: Christopher W. Mullins,Dawn Rothe

Blood, Power, and Bedlam examines the etiology of violations of international criminal law in four post-colonial African states. With a particular focus on genocide and crimes against humanity, an integrated theory is produced and historical, political, economic, and structural aspects are explored. The book's main intent is an analysis of the worst crimes humans commit and how, in the cases examined, they arise out of a post-colonial environment. Attention is given to existing or potential applications of international social control.

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252

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Peter Lang

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0820488410

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9780820488417

African Economic Development

Evidence, Theory, Policy

By: Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay

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African Economic Development

Evidence, Theory, Policy

By: Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay

This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"--

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334

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Oxford University Press

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0198832338

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9780198832331

The Human Dilemma of Displacement

Towards a Practical Theology and Ecclesiology of Home

By: Alfred Brunsdon,Daniel Louw,Sinenhlanhla Sithulisiwe Chisale,Rudy Denton,Amanda Linda du Plessis,Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks,Johannes J Knoetze,Christopher Magezi,Vhumani Magezi,Marius Nel,Paul Verryn,Hannelie Yates

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The Human Dilemma of Displacement

Towards a Practical Theology and Ecclesiology of Home

In this book social responsive theological research converges to provide practical theological and ecclesiological perspectives on the growing human dilemma of displacement. The book presents the research of practical theologians, a missiologist and a religious practitioner whose work pertains first and foremost to the (South) African context. The different fields of expertise of the contributors within the broader field of practical theology worked towards a unique compilation of themes, each relevant to the issue at stake. The majority of chapters are theoretically orientated, except where authors refer to empirical work conducted during previous research. The main contribution of this collaborative work is to be sought in the practical theological and ecclesiological perspectives it provides. It engages the critical questions of what kind of church we need, and what kind of care we should provide in the face of the growing predicament of human displacement. The theological and theoretical principles uncovered in the different chapters will be of use to theologians from all theological subdisciplines, as well as to religious practitioners and leaders of faith communities that are challenged with the growing realities of strangers on their doorsteps and in their pews.

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1928523315

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9781928523314

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Blood, Power, and Bedlam

Blood, Power, and Bedlam

African Economic Development

African Economic Development

The Human Dilemma of Displacement

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