Current usages of the terms patrimonial and neopatrimonial in the context of Africa are
conceptually problematical and amount to a serious misreading of Weber. His use of the …

This review article supplements and extends earlier reviews on the state and practice of
HRM and employment in Africa, encompassing earlier landmark empirical studies. Work …

Many of the economic transformations in Africa have been as dramatic as those in Eastern
Europe. Yet much of the comparative literature on transitions has overlooked African …

Do voters in Africa use elections to hold governments accountable for their performance in
office? In contexts of limited information and weak state capacity, it can be difficult for citizens …

An analysis of the ties between culture and every aspect of African life, using Africa's past to
explain present situations. This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the …

Omolade Adunbi investigates the myths behind competing claims to oil wealth in Nigeria's
Niger Delta. Looking at ownership of natural resources, oil extraction practices, government …

Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-
ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates …

The inability of political actors to make credible promises to broad segments of society—a
previously unexplored determinant of civil war—causes both elected and unelected …

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity,
democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social …

How do we measure and truly grasp the swee** social and environmental effects of an oil-
based economy? Focusing on the special economic zones resulting from China's trading …