In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics 0812296338, 9780812296334

On August 7, 1989, Congressman Mickey Leland departed on a flight from Addis Ababa, with his thirteen-member delegation

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In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics
0812296338, 9780812296334

Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic

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“The American people sees itself advance across the wilderness, draining swamps, straightening rivers, peopling the soli

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That natural resources can be a curse as well as a blessing is almost a truism in political analysis. In many late-devel

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has the natural resources the world needs – it is crucial to satisfying our craving for

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This on-the-ground account of a celebrated Brazilian agrarian movement highlights the contingent nature of social moveme

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Economic, political, and ethnic favoritism are common themes in the historiography of colonial Africa. Land ownership an

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About the author Ambreena Manji is a Reader in the Department of Law, University of Keele. Prior to that, she taught law

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This collection of research papers from across the African continent illustrates the complex and ever-changing rules of

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American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford – from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the wor

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Why do some African states commit more effectively than others to the fight against AIDS? How do power inequalities and

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