The political settlements approach emerged out of a critique of new institutional economics
developed by Mushtaq Khan in the 1990s. Since then, the political settlements approach …

This article presents a new analytical framework for studying cities in the developing world
based on the 'political settlements' approach. This has a dual purpose: to enrich comparative …

Abstract The Global Value Chains/Global Production Networks (GVC/GPNs) literatures have
become the predominant international political economy frameworks to understand the …

Despite the rise of global technocratic ideals of city-making, cities around the world are not
merging into indistinguishable duplicates of one another. In fact, as the world urbanizes …

Abstract In 2016, the East African Community (EAC) pledged to phase out imports of used
clothing within three years. The US Trade Representative (USTR) responded by threatening …

The Rwandan government—widely lauded for its political commitment to development—has
refocused its efforts on reviving growth in the manufacturing sector. This article examines …

When approaching its diaspora, the Rwandan government pays special attention to the
young generation. Diaspora youth are seen as especially potent contributors to Rwanda's …

In the study of African Politics, the analysis of political ideologies as a normative engine of
political action seems to have receded in favour of a treatment of ideology as the support of …

The ideal of agaciro, or dignity, is foundational for the contemporary Rwandan nation-state.
More than two decades after genocide, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) government …

This article considers Kinyarwanda-language entertainment websites in Rwanda and
argues that they create an alternative digital youth public. In a context wherein the …