Politics, Property and Production in the West African Sahel
Politics, Property and Production in the West African Sahel

Author: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9789171064769

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Through a number of case studies from the West African Sahel, this book links and explores natural resources management from the perspectives of politics, property and production.

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Publisher: KARTHALA Editions

Published:

Total Pages: 1684

ISBN-13: 2811109943

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Endangering Development
Endangering Development

Author: Lars Engberg-Pedersen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-02-28

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 031305181X

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The politics of international intervention into rural areas is the subject of this insightful study. Using concrete cases drawn from fieldwork in rural Burkina Faso, Engberg-Pedersen shows how nongovernmental organizations' activities with women's groups, natural resource management projects, decentralization policies, and rural democratization advocates must enter an arena of local struggle for resources and status. He maintains that activists often seriously contradict rural people's practices and understandings of particular issues and how they should be organized. Thus, while societal conflicts and institutional contradictions are inescapable features of rural development, development assistance agents and scholars of democratization and political change in Africa largely ignore them.

Historical Dictionary of Benin
Historical Dictionary of Benin

Author: Mathurin C. Houngnikpo

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 0810871718

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Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems. Since its democracy it has taken important steps towards laying the foundation for the rule of law by establishing stable political institutions that can withstand the test of time. It has also engaged in an important legal, institutional, and regulatory reform to establish a more favorable environment for private initiative. The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Benin.