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The coming Anarchy in Oceania? A critique of the 'Africanisation' of the South Pacific thesis.
March 1, 2004... This article considers claims, in the wake of coups in Fiji and the Solomon Islands in 2000, that the Pacific region is experiencing 'African'-style difficulties. It argues that the Africanisation thesis is analytically weak, internally inconsistent and empirically flawed. Data covering GDP...
Reconstructing Sierra Leone.
March 1, 2004... Sierra Leone's ten-year civil conflict ended in 2001 and was followed by a substantial reconstruction project. This article considers how far that programme addresses the underlying factors' predisposing Sierra Leone to internal conflict and to what degree signs of genuine reconciliation are...
The democratic qualities of competitive elections: participation, competition and legitimacy in Africa.
March 1, 2004... This article analyses the democratic qualities of core institutions of representative democracy: multiparty elections. Focusing on the three basic democratic values participation, competition and legitimacy, the empirical examination of Africa compares both over time and between founding,...
UK African policy in the post-cold war era: from realpolitik to moralpolitik?
March 1, 2004... The end of the Cold War led Western states to review their policies towards Africa. Against this background, the British government under John Major stressed the need for 'new thinking' while the Blair administration promised to give 'a new priority' to Africa. This article examines how far...
'Betwixt and between': the South African state's search for autonomy in the face of globalisation.
March 1, 2004... Late-coming involves benefits as well as costs. As one of the latest surfers on the 'Third Wave of Democratisation' South Africa can draw on a much more supportive international environment as it struggles towards democratic consolidation than most of its post-colonial predecessors. At the...