While the engagement of Chinese migrants in small-scale mining in Ghana has gained
traction in scholarship, the extant literature pays little attention to how the relationship …

This study explores the links between land ownership contention, private violence and the
state. Colombia presents a context where criminal actors participate in the regular …

As a response to the march of privatization and neoliberal individualism, the commons have
recently re-emerged as an attractive alternative. In this article, I bring a feminist political …

Introduction 1.-The Enigma of Karachi's' Ordered Disorder 9.-Scope, Sources and Structure
of the Book 14.-1. A Contested City 17.-A City Up for Grabs 21.-An Arena for National …

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces
and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society …

This article compares the effectiveness of informal and formal institutions for sustainable
common pool resources (CPRs) management in Sub-Saharan Africa and investigates the …

In inner‐city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, criminal “dons” have taken on a range of
governmental functions. While such criminal actors have sometimes been imagined as …

Africa's Informal Workers is a vigorous examination of the informalization and casualization
of work, which is changing livelihoods in Africa and beyond. Gathering cases from nine …

In recent years, scholars of authoritarianism have noted a trend in which institutions
designed to check arbitrary power have been hollowed out to facilitate its exercise. As they …

Niger most often comes into the public eye as an example of deprivation and insecurity.
Urban centers have become concentrated areas of unemployment filled with young men …