Browsing Political science by Subject "African studies"
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Church, State and Sex: How Africa's transnational churches shape human rights
Why have East African mainline churches adopted select transnational rights agendas while opposing others, and what are the consequences of these politics for women and sexual minorities? This research examines mainlines' ... -
FARMERS, FORESTS, AND THE STATE Essays on the Political Economy of Illegal Forest Use in Tanzania
This series of essays explores risk perceptions and decision-making vis-Ã -vis state-owned and protected forests from the perspective of the rural agriculturalist. With comparative case studies of villages in Tanzania’s ... -
Socially Embedded Property Rights in Africa
These three essays explore the politics of property rights to land in Africa. The first essay asks why some farmers title their land while others do not. I argue that, beyond the costs typically associated with this ...