Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land
laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961–2011. The book is divided into …

Through a global comparative approach, Amy Sodaro uses in-depth case studies of five
exemplary memorial museums that commemorate a range of violent pasts and allow for a …

Constructing convincing legitimacy claims is important for securing the stability of
authoritarian regimes. However, extant research has struggled to systematically analyse …

Academic debate on Rwanda has significant thematic gaps, and does not usually make use
of a theoretically informed comparative framework. This article addresses one thematic gap …

This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central
Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political …

Young people are transforming the global landscape. As the human population today is
younger and more urban than ever before, prospects for achieving adulthood dwindle while …

If you thought the point of war was to win, this book will make you think again. David Keen
questions the model of war as a contest between two sides aiming at political and military …

Across Africa, many countries have taken initiatives to increase the participation and
representation of women in governance. Yet it is unclear what meaning these initiatives …

The study of Africa's international relations has for a long time been dominated by a concern
to explain how the continent has been governed, shaped and mar ginalised by external …

More than a decade after the genocide, Rwanda's local communities remain severely
affected by the experience of the violence and horror. This is reflected in the way people …