The State Ethnicity And Gender In Africa

Author : Scott Straus,Aili Mari Tripp
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299349400

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The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa by Scott Straus,Aili Mari Tripp Pdf

Postcolonialism, the politics of ethnic and religious identity, and the role of women in African society and politics have become important, and often connected, foci in African studies. Here, fifteen chapters explore these themes in tandem. With essays that span the continent, this volume showcases the political histories, challenges, and promise of contemporary Africa. Written in honor of Crawford Young, a foundational figure in the study of African politics, the essays reflect the breadth and intellectual legacy of this towering scholar and illustrate the vast impact Young had, and continues to have, on the field. The book's themes build from his seminal publications, and the essays were written by leading scholars who were trained by Young.

Author : Lahra Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107328808

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Making Citizens in Africa by Lahra Smith Pdf

Smith argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool to approach political life in contemporary Africa because the institutional and structural reforms of the past two decades have been inextricably linked with the battle over the 'right to have rights'. Professor Lahra Smith's work advances the notion of meaningful citizenship, referring to the ways in which rights are exercised, or the effective practice of citizenship. Using data from Ethiopia and developing a historically informed study of language policy, ethnicity and gender identities, Smith analyzes the contestation over citizenship that engages the state, social movements and individuals in substantive ways. By combining original data on language policy in contemporary Ethiopia with detailed historical study and a focus on ethnicity, citizenship and gender, this work brings a fresh approach to Ethiopian political development and contemporary citizenship concerns across Africa.

Author : Chima Jacob Korieh
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781621968740

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Minorities and the State in Africa by Chima Jacob Korieh Pdf

Author : Crawford Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015056319232

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Ethnicity and Politics in Africa by Crawford Young Pdf

Author : Bodil Folke Frederiksen,Fiona Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135205737

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Ethnicity, Gender and the Subversion of Nationalism by Bodil Folke Frederiksen,Fiona Wilson Pdf

This volume explores the politics of identity by analysing the intersections between ethnicity, gender and nationalism in developing societies. These markers of identity are not understood as constituting essences, but as springing from people's core experiences, yearnings and strategic life plans in a context where resources are scarce. As such, identities may be, and are, contested. The intersections are traced across three areas: social and cultural reproduction; ideologies, stereotypes and practices; and nationalist politics and discourse which has tended to remove women from the public arena and construct an ideal of women's domesticity.

Author : Manoucheka Celeste
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317431282

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Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora by Manoucheka Celeste Pdf

With the exception of slave narratives, there are few stories of black international migration in U.S. news and popular culture. This book is interested in stratified immigrant experiences, diverse black experiences, and the intersection of black and immigrant identities. Citizenship as it is commonly understood today in the public sphere is a legal issue, yet scholars have done much to move beyond this popular view and situate citizenship in the context of economic, social, and political positioning. The book shows that citizenship in all of its forms is often rhetorically, representationally, and legally negated by blackness and considers the ways that blackness, and representations of blackness, impact one’s ability to travel across national and social borders and become a citizen. This book is a story of citizenship and the ways that race, gender, and class shape national belonging, with Haiti, Cuba, and the United States as the primary sites of examination.

Author : Lyn Ossome
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498558310

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Gender, Ethnicity, and Violence in Kenya’s Transitions to Democracy by Lyn Ossome Pdf

Gender, Ethnicity, and Violence in Kenya’s Transitions to Democracy: States of Violence examines gendered violence in the context of multiparty politics in Kenya, placing it in the historical milieu of colonial rule and its legacies of the ethnicization of both state and society. It offers an extensive account of the ways in which liberal democratic politics have produced violent outcomes for women./span

Author : S.J. Tarimo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956579785

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Ethnicity, Citizenship and State in Eastern Africa by S.J. Tarimo Pdf

This volume, from an Africa perspective, examines the relationship between ethnicity and citizenship within the framework of nation-state. Its objective and scope engage relational aspects of political integration, awaken public conscience, and motivate civic engagement. It provides a platform that could be considered prerequisite for political transformation. Such a framework is indispensable not only for challenging the politics of exclusion and marginalization, but also for reconstructing fractured social relationships. The test of its validity and relevancy is not whether it accounts for particular traditions, but whether it provides a framework through which we can comprehend the dynamics of ethnic identities as an avenue for promoting participatory governance and democratic accountability. An interdisciplinary study of this kind brings forth practical and theoretical contributions to the evolving concepts of ethnicity and citizenship.

Author : Floya Anthias,Nira Yuval-Davis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349198658

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Woman-Nation-State by Floya Anthias,Nira Yuval-Davis Pdf

This book examines the place of women within ethnic and national communities in nine different societies, and the ways in which the state intervenes in their lives. Contributions from a group of scholars examine the situations in their religious, economic and historical context.

Author : Joseph Zajda,Kassie Freeman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402097393

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Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Education by Joseph Zajda,Kassie Freeman Pdf

Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Education: Cross-cultural, which is the sixth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses of race, ethnicity and gender in education. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern in the field of globalisation and comparative education. Above all, the book offers the latest findings to the critical issues concerning major discourses on race, ethnicity and gender in the global culture. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policymakers in education, globalisation, social justice, equity and access in schooling around the world. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting research in comparative education of race, ethnicity and gender. It provides directions in education and policy research relevant to progressive pedagogy, social change and transformational educational reforms in the twen- first century. The book critically examines the overall interplay between the state, ideology and current discourses of race, ethnicity and gender in the global culture. It draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equity, social justice and the role of the State (Zajda et al. , 2006, 2008). It explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering the State, globa- sation, race, ethnicity and gender.

Author : Akinloyè Òjó,Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe,Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351119887

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Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora by Akinloyè Òjó,Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe,Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono Pdf

This book considers how the establishment and/or improvement of gender equality impacts on the social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental and political developments of human societies in Africa and its Diaspora. An interdisciplinary team of contributors examine the role of gender in development against the background of Africa’s convoluted and arduous history of state formation, slavery, colonialism, post-independence, nation-building and poverty. Each chapter highlights and stimulates further discussion on the struggles that many African and African Diaspora societies grapple with in the perplexing issue of gender and development - concentrating on gains that have been made and the challenges yet to be surmounted.

Author : Nada Mustafa Ali
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498500500

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Gender, Race, and Sudan's Exile Politics by Nada Mustafa Ali Pdf

Gender, Race, and Sudan’s Exile Politics examines the gendered and racialized discourses and practices of the Sudanese opposition in exile through the opposition movements of the 1990s and early 2000s, and discusses the history through which these discourses evolved. The military coup that brought the National Islamic Front (NIF)—now National Congress Party (NCP)— to power in 1989 not only forced most political parties, trade unions, and activists in Sudan into either exile politics or underground activism; it also urged many of Sudan’s political forces and activists to rethink the meaning of belonging and of the “Old” Sudan. In the mid-1990s, this involved a rethinking of the relationship between religion and politics, acknowledging Sudan’s diversity, acknowledging the need to restructure Sudan’s economy and politics to ensure equal access and participation for the historically marginalized, and committing to self-determination for the people of South Sudan. The concept of the New Sudan broadly captured this rethinking. This book interrogates the relationship between women’s organizations and activisms in exile on one hand, and nationalist, transformative, and other political movements and processes on the other. It further discuses transnational coalition building across difference, including racial difference, between women’s organization seeking to transform gender relations in Sudan and South Sudan.

Author : Donald Rothchild,Victor A Olorunsola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000313093

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State Versus Ethnic Claims by Donald Rothchild,Victor A Olorunsola Pdf

The idea for this book can be traced to an informal brainstorming session among four very good friends -- Ali Mazrui, Victor Olorunsola, Donald Rothchild and Dunstan Wai. In a real sense, then, as editors we owe a lot to Dunstan and Ali for their intellectual stimulation and for encouraging us to pursue a follow-up to ~.f.2l.i::. ,lla .Qt Cultyral ~Natignalism .in A..f'.da

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412979672

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Issues in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class by CQ Researcher, Pdf

The Obama Presidency: Can Barack Obama Deliver the Change He Promises?

Author : Jean Davison
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038182328

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Gender, Lineage, And Ethnicity In Southern Africa by Jean Davison Pdf

Based on extensive fieldwork, this study telescopes how lineage ideologies are constructed and change over time in the Zambezi River region, where matriliny and patriliny coexist. The author challenges the notion that patrilineality has subsumed matrilineal formations and demonstrates that despite colonial policies that privileged patrilineal gender relations of production—a preference that was extended by the postcolonial states—matrilineal relations of production have been adroitly sustained and even dominate in large parts of Malawi, northern Mozambique, and parts of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Looking specifically at the linkages between gender and ethnicity in the construction of lineage ideologies, the author offers a comparative study of women's changing status in the region and explores the implications for development policies at both the local and state levels.