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The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

Uganda in Comparative African Perspective

By: Roger Tangri,Andrew M Mwenda

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The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

Uganda in Comparative African Perspective

By: Roger Tangri,Andrew M Mwenda

This book considers the causes of high-level state corruption as well as the political constraints of countering corruption in Africa. It examines elite corruption in government as well as in the political and military spheres of state activity, and focuses on illegal behaviour on the part of state and non-state actors in decision-making. Situating corruption and anti-corruption within a political framework, this book analyses the motivations, opportunities and relative autonomy of state elites to manipulate state decision-making for personal and political ends. Based on detailed case studies in Uganda, the authors focus on corruption in the privatization process, military procurement, foreign business bribery, illegal political funding, and electoral malpractice. The book examines why anti-corruption institutions and international donors have been constrained in confronting this executive abuse of power, and discusses the wider relevance of Uganda’s experience for understanding elite corruption and anti-corruption efforts in other African countries. The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, African political economy, development studies, corruption and government.

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Routledge

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113504774X

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The Politics of Patronage in Africa

Parastatals, Privatization, and Private Enterprise

By: Roger K. Tangri

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The Politics of Patronage in Africa

Parastatals, Privatization, and Private Enterprise

By: Roger K. Tangri

This is a survey of the influence of political factors on economic performance throughout Africa with case studies drawn from Ghana, Zambia and Uganda. It is a comparative study of the difficulties in developing a private enterprise economy.

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Africa World Press

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0865437475

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9780865437470

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941

By: Roger B. Jeans

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Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941

By: Roger B. Jeans

This groundbreaking book is the first full-length English-language study to explore the struggles for constitutional democracy and democratic socialism of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang, 1887-1969), a major political and intellectual figure in Republican China. Focusing on Zhang's writings, Roger Jeans has provided detailed descriptions and extensive translations of Zhang's key books and essays. He sets the context for these seminal works by describing Zhang's personal situation, the social and intellectual milieu, and the political climate at the time.

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408

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847687074

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9780847687077

Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology

Volume 6

By: Mars G. Fontana,Roger W. Staehle

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Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology

Volume 6

By: Mars G. Fontana,Roger W. Staehle

This series was organized to provide a forum for review papers in the area of corrosion. The aim of these reviews is to bring certain areas of corrosion science and technology into a sharp focus. The volumes of this series are published approximately on a yearly basis and each contains three to five reviews. The articles in each volume are selected in such a way as to be of interest both to the corrosion scientists and the corrosion technologists. There is, in fact, a particular aim in juxtaposing these interests because of the importance of mutual interaction and interdisciplinarity so important in corrosion studies. It is hoped that the corrosiori scientists in this way may stay abreast of the activities in corrosion technology and vice versa. In this series the term "corrosion" is used in its very broadest sense. It includes, therefore, not only the degradation of metals in aqueous en vironment but also what is commonly referred to as "high-temperature oxidation. " Further, the plan is to be even more general than these topics; the series will include all solids and all environments. Today, engineering solids include not only metals but glasses, ionic solids, polymeric solids, and composites of these. Environments of interest must be extended to liquid metals, a wide variety of gases, nonaqueous electrolytes, and other non aqueous liquids.

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351

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468489860

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9781468489866

The History of Ghana

By: Roger S. Gocking

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The History of Ghana

By: Roger S. Gocking

Gocking provides a historical overview of Ghana from the emergence of precolonial states through increasing contact with Europeans that led to the establishment of formal colonial rule by Great Britian at the end of the 19th century. Colonial rule transformed what was known as the Gold Coast economically, socially, and politically, but it contained the seeds of its own demise. After World War II an increasingly more effective nationalist movement challenged British rule, and in 1957 Ghana became independent. Independence brought its own challenges the most important of which was the inability to maintain political stability. Within the space of 24 years there were four military coups and the collapse of three republics. Ghana's Fourth Republic, established in 1993, has dealt with the legacy of instability inherited from the past as it moves towards a more stable future. A timeline, photographs, maps, and an appendix of biographies of notable figures in the history of Ghana are included. Students and adults alike will find this book to be highly effective in describing the often turbulent and tumultuous history of this country.

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381

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313061300

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9780313061301

Rediscovering Social Economics

Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm

By: Roger D. Johnson

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Rediscovering Social Economics

Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm

By: Roger D. Johnson

This book argues that economists need to reengage with societal issues, such as justice and fairness in distribution, that inevitably arise when discussing the basic economic problem of unlimited human wants and finite resources. Approaching the problem through a history of economic thought, Johnson reexamines Adam Smith’s contributions to show how they reach beyond neoclassical models that are too simplistic to reflect the growing interdependencies of market economies. He breaks down supposedly value-free neoclassical postulates to expose normative assumptions about economics and justice, demonstrating, for example, that the concept of market equilibrium is problematic because need-based behavior can produce involuntary unemployment even when a competitive labor market achieves equilibrium.

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198

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Springer

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331951265X

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9783319512655

The New Black Middle Class in South Africa

By: Roger Southall

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The New Black Middle Class in South Africa

By: Roger Southall

Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africa's "black middle class". 2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title The "rise of the black middle class" is one of the most visible aspects of post-apartheid society in South Africa. Yet while it has been a major actor in the country's democratic reshaping, analysis of its role has been all but lacking. Rather, the image presented by the media has been of "black diamonds", consumers of the products of advanced industrial economies, and of corrupt "tenderpreneurs" who use their political connections to obtain contracts. This book seeks to complicate that picture with a much-needed analysis that recounts its historical development in colonial society prior to 1994, before examining the size, shape andstructure of the new black middle class in contemporary South Africa and its relation to its counterparts in the Global South. Roger Southall is Professor Emeritus in Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand. Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Swaziland): Jacana

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319

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Boydell & Brewer

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1847011438

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9781847011435

Development and Application of Biomarkers

By: Roger L. Lundblad

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Development and Application of Biomarkers

By: Roger L. Lundblad

First introduced to biomedical research in 1980, the term biomarker has taken on a life of its own in recent years and has come to mean a number of things. In biomedical science, biomarker has evolved to most commonly mean a characteristic that can be used either as a diagnostic or a prognostic, but most significantly as a screening indicator for p

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CRC Press

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1439819807

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9781439819807

Voting for Democracy

Watershed Elections in Contemporary Anglophone Africa

By: John Daniel,Roger Southall

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Voting for Democracy

Watershed Elections in Contemporary Anglophone Africa

By: John Daniel,Roger Southall

First published in 1999, the essays in this book examine the context and conduct of a series of watershed elections held in Anglophone Africa in the first half of the 1990s. These elections crystallized a wider process of democratization, underway in much of sub-Saharan Africa during the last decade, in which attempts were made to shift from various forms of authoritarian rule (colonial or racial oligarchies, military regimes, one-party states, or presidential rule) to pluralist parliamentary politics. This volume brings together for the first time, studies of these events in countries sharing a comparable legacy of British colonialism, an acquaintance with the Westminster constitutional tradition and related experiences of decolonization and democratic struggle. Written from a variety of perspectives by contributors with first-hand knowledge and long experience of research in Africa, the papers situate each election in its wider political context, examining the political forces at work and the events which gave rise to reform. All indicate that, despite Western pressure for reform and the influence of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe, internal African demands for democracy provided the primary driving force for change. Not all the elections fulfilled the hopes invested in them. In Nigeria, they were annulled before all the votes had been counted. In Kenya, the disarray of the opposition ensured the return to power of the old order. Even where they produced a successful regime transition, the democratic credentials of the new governments were sometimes seriously flawed. Yet for all these limitations, these watershed elections signalled important progress for African democracy. They brought a formal end to colonial rule in Namibia and to three centuries of racial discrimination in South Africa. They brought changes of government through the ballot box in Zambia and Malawi, among the first instances in Africa of such change being accomplished without the use of force. Above all, they provided African electorates with an opportunity to pass judgement on long-serving authoritarian regimes – with unequivocal results: in every case, when given the chance to vote, Africans voted for democracy.

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Routledge

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0429765770

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The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

Uganda in Comparative African Perspective

By: Roger Tangri,Andrew M Mwenda

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Uganda in Comparative African Perspective

By: Roger Tangri,Andrew M Mwenda

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

By: Claudio Donner,Roger Goldstein,Nicolino Ambrosino

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

By: Claudio Donner,Roger Goldstein,Nicolino Ambrosino

Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes are now a fundamental part of the clinical management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases. This comprehensive reference book places pulmonary rehabilitation within the wider framework of respiratory disease, and the health burden that this now poses worldwide. Part one of the book examines the evidence

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The Politics of Patronage in Africa

Parastatals, Privatization, and Private Enterprise

By: Roger K. Tangri

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Parastatals, Privatization, and Private Enterprise

By: Roger K. Tangri

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The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

The Politics of Patronage in Africa

The Politics of Patronage in Africa

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology

Advances in Corrosion Science and Technology

The History of Ghana

The History of Ghana

Rediscovering Social Economics

Rediscovering Social Economics

The New Black Middle Class in South Africa

The New Black Middle Class in South Africa

Development and Application of Biomarkers

Development and Application of Biomarkers

Voting for Democracy

Voting for Democracy

The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

The Politics of Elite Corruption in Africa

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

The Politics of Patronage in Africa

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