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Titre : |
Conflicts over land and threats to customary tenure in Africa |
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texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Pauline E. Paters, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2013 |
Article en page(s) : |
543-562 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 543-562
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The volatility of a half-cooked bouillabaisse : Rebel–military integration and conflict dynamics in the eastern DRC |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Maria Eriksson Baaz, Auteur ; Judith Verweijen, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2013 |
Article en page(s) : |
563-582 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Résumé : |
In early 2012, Congolese army deserters formed the M23 rebel movement. This article analyses the insurgency and other armed group activity in the eastern DRC in the light of the politics of rebel-military integration. It argues that military integration processes have fuelled militarization in three main ways. First, by creating incentive structures promoting army desertion and insurgent violence; second, by fuelling inter- and intra-community conflicts; and third, by the further unmaking of an already unmade army. We argue that this is not merely the product of a ‘lack of political will’ on behalf of the DRC government, but must be understood in the light of the intricacies of Big Man politics and Kinshasa's weak grip over both the fragmented political-military landscape in the east and its own coercive arm. Demonstrating the link between military integration and militarization, the article concludes that these problems arise from the context and implementation of integration, rather than from the principle of military power sharing itself. It thus highlights the crucial agency of political-military entrepreneurs, as shaped by national-level policies, in the production of ‘local violence’. |
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 563-582
[article] The volatility of a half-cooked bouillabaisse : Rebel–military integration and conflict dynamics in the eastern DRC [texte imprimé] / Maria Eriksson Baaz, Auteur ; Judith Verweijen, Auteur . - 2013 . - 563-582. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 563-582
Résumé : |
In early 2012, Congolese army deserters formed the M23 rebel movement. This article analyses the insurgency and other armed group activity in the eastern DRC in the light of the politics of rebel-military integration. It argues that military integration processes have fuelled militarization in three main ways. First, by creating incentive structures promoting army desertion and insurgent violence; second, by fuelling inter- and intra-community conflicts; and third, by the further unmaking of an already unmade army. We argue that this is not merely the product of a ‘lack of political will’ on behalf of the DRC government, but must be understood in the light of the intricacies of Big Man politics and Kinshasa's weak grip over both the fragmented political-military landscape in the east and its own coercive arm. Demonstrating the link between military integration and militarization, the article concludes that these problems arise from the context and implementation of integration, rather than from the principle of military power sharing itself. It thus highlights the crucial agency of political-military entrepreneurs, as shaped by national-level policies, in the production of ‘local violence’. |
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Titre : |
Orientações superiores : Time and bureaucratic authority in Mozambique |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Euclides Gonçalves, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2013 |
Article en page(s) : |
602-622 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Résumé : |
This article examines the production, circulation, and interpretation of regulatory documents in contemporary Mozambique in order to highlight their central importance to processes of governance. The empirical focus is on orientações superiores – written and oral documents issued by figures and institutions of authority with the intention of advising on procedures for policy formulation and implementation. By producing orientações superiores in a way that leaves their intent ambiguous and their status provisional, party and state officials shift the focus of policy making from substance to process. In this way, bureaucratic authority is produced and reinforced through the manipulation of the timing of policy implementation. This perspective expands current understandings of African governance that on the whole have been limited to the analysis of the effectiveness of African institutions and policies, leaving the tactical effects of ambiguity, timing, and provisionality in policy implementation undertheorized. |
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 602-622
[article] Orientações superiores : Time and bureaucratic authority in Mozambique [texte imprimé] / Euclides Gonçalves, Auteur . - 2013 . - 602-622. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 602-622
Résumé : |
This article examines the production, circulation, and interpretation of regulatory documents in contemporary Mozambique in order to highlight their central importance to processes of governance. The empirical focus is on orientações superiores – written and oral documents issued by figures and institutions of authority with the intention of advising on procedures for policy formulation and implementation. By producing orientações superiores in a way that leaves their intent ambiguous and their status provisional, party and state officials shift the focus of policy making from substance to process. In this way, bureaucratic authority is produced and reinforced through the manipulation of the timing of policy implementation. This perspective expands current understandings of African governance that on the whole have been limited to the analysis of the effectiveness of African institutions and policies, leaving the tactical effects of ambiguity, timing, and provisionality in policy implementation undertheorized. |
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Titre : |
Continuity and change in Senegalese party politics : Lessons from the 2012 elections |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Danielle Resnick, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2013 |
Article en page(s) : |
623-645 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Résumé : |
Senegal's 2012 presidential and legislative elections reaffirmed the country's longstanding reputation as one of Africa's most stable democracies. The elections also represented a critical juncture for the country's party system, demonstrated by the use of new campaign techniques as well as the gradual exit from the political scene of an older generation of elites. At the same time, this article argues, the elections revealed continuing weaknesses within the party system, including low levels of institutionalization and the limited ability of the opposition to mobilize key constituencies, such as underemployed urban youth. These trends are demonstrated through disaggregated election data that show a high degree of electoral volatility and party de-alignment as well as low levels of voter turnout. Thus, while Senegal has now achieved the two rounds of party turnover often deemed to be an important indicator of democratic consolidation, the elections also revealed that a vibrant, pluralistic party system can nonetheless fail to engage citizens over time. |
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 623-645
[article] Continuity and change in Senegalese party politics : Lessons from the 2012 elections [texte imprimé] / Danielle Resnick, Auteur . - 2013 . - 623-645. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 623-645
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Senegal's 2012 presidential and legislative elections reaffirmed the country's longstanding reputation as one of Africa's most stable democracies. The elections also represented a critical juncture for the country's party system, demonstrated by the use of new campaign techniques as well as the gradual exit from the political scene of an older generation of elites. At the same time, this article argues, the elections revealed continuing weaknesses within the party system, including low levels of institutionalization and the limited ability of the opposition to mobilize key constituencies, such as underemployed urban youth. These trends are demonstrated through disaggregated election data that show a high degree of electoral volatility and party de-alignment as well as low levels of voter turnout. Thus, while Senegal has now achieved the two rounds of party turnover often deemed to be an important indicator of democratic consolidation, the elections also revealed that a vibrant, pluralistic party system can nonetheless fail to engage citizens over time. |
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Titre : |
Beyond equality : The post-apartheid counternarrative of trans and intersex movements in South Africa |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Ryan Thoreson, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2013 |
Article en page(s) : |
646-665 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Résumé : |
In the decade after apartheid, South Africa became well-known for the unprecedented rights and recognition it afforded to lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. This article explores the legal and social battles fought by South Africa's trans and intersex activists in the aftermath of the democratic transition, and the ways in which they are meaningfully distinct from the conventional narrative of the post-apartheid LGB movement. In particular, I highlight three areas of divergence – an emphasis on regional advocacy, a focus on micropolitics, and a facility with multiple discourses – that have been central to trans and intersex advocacy. These features of trans and intersex struggles caution against any generalizations about sexuality and law in South Africa. As the twentieth anniversary of the democratic transition approaches, the counternarrative of trans and intersex advocacy merits closer attention as a model for organizing, agitating, and building a movement in contemporary South African politics. |
in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 646-665
[article] Beyond equality : The post-apartheid counternarrative of trans and intersex movements in South Africa [texte imprimé] / Ryan Thoreson, Auteur . - 2013 . - 646-665. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in African Affairs > Vol. 112/449 (2013) . - 646-665
Résumé : |
In the decade after apartheid, South Africa became well-known for the unprecedented rights and recognition it afforded to lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. This article explores the legal and social battles fought by South Africa's trans and intersex activists in the aftermath of the democratic transition, and the ways in which they are meaningfully distinct from the conventional narrative of the post-apartheid LGB movement. In particular, I highlight three areas of divergence – an emphasis on regional advocacy, a focus on micropolitics, and a facility with multiple discourses – that have been central to trans and intersex advocacy. These features of trans and intersex struggles caution against any generalizations about sexuality and law in South Africa. As the twentieth anniversary of the democratic transition approaches, the counternarrative of trans and intersex advocacy merits closer attention as a model for organizing, agitating, and building a movement in contemporary South African politics. |
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