Published: 2017-01-12

Foreword

Gary Kline

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Preface

Gary Kline

7–8

The Third World and Relative Gains from Global Trade: An Empirical Comparative Analysis of Developed Versus Developing Countries

Shah Tarzi

11–48

Abstract
Proponents of free trade theory and trade liberalization maintain that despite drawbacks, the distribution of gains from trade is a win-win for all...

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Strategic Partner or Shot Caller? The De Beers Factor in Botswana's Development

Angela Gapa

49–81

Abstract
The relationships between African states and multinational corporations have been hotly debated. Proponents of multinational activity in developing...

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Potentials for Democratic Development in Timor-Leste: A Critical Modernist Perspective

Azlan Tajuddin

83–114

Abstract

Having survived four hundred years of Portuguese rule, twenty-seven years of Indonesian military occupation, and decades-long civil strife,...

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AFRICOM in US Transformational Diplomacy

Peter A. Dumbuya

115–146

Abstract

Africa Command (AFRICOM) in 2007 might have signaled the end of what Abel Esterhuyse has described as a “very cautious and defensive” US...

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Shifting Norms: Development Policy and the Role of Security Sector Reform in Advancing Human Security

John Riley, Mario Schulz

147–199

Abstract

Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a technical model guides practitioners’ efforts to transform states’ security services into institutions which...

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Class Formation and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration: Evidence from Ghana by John A. Arthur

Kwaku Nti

203–206

Abstract

Arthur, John A. Class Formation and Inequality Structures in Contemporary African Migration: Evidence from Ghana. Lanham, MD: Lexington...

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The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics edited by Clifton Crais and Thomas V. McClendon

Yoly Zentella

206–208

Abstract

Crais, Clifton, and Thomas V. McClendon, eds. The South Africa Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,...

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The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics edited by Kwasi Konadu and Clifford C. Campbell

Kwaku Nti

208–212

Abstract

Konadu, Kwasi and Clifford C. Campbell, eds. The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016....

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Unreasonable Histories: Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa by Christopher J. Lee

Kwaku Nti

212–216

Abstract
Lee, Christopher J. Unreasonable Histories: Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa. Durham, NC:...

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Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism by Ato Quayson

Kwaku Nti

216–220

Abstract

Quayson, Ato. Oxford Street, Accra: City Life and the Itineraries of Transnationalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. Review...

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Migrant Encounters, Intimate Labor, the State, and Mobility across Asia edited by Sara L. Friedman and Pardis Mahdavi

Jingyi Song

221–224

Abstract
Friedman, Sara L., and Pardis Mahdavi, eds. Migrant Encounters, Intimate Labor, the State, and Mobility across Asia. Philadelphia:...

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Red Genesis: The Hunan First Normal School and the Creation of Chinese Communism, 1903–1921 by Liyan Liu.

Xiansheng Tian

224–227

Abstract
Liu, Liyan. Red Genesis: The Hunan First Normal School and the Creation of Chinese Communism, 1903–1921. Albany: State University of New...

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Varieties of Governance in China: Migration and Institutional Change in Chinese Villages by Jie Lu.

Hongjie Wang

228–231

Abstract
Lu, Jie. Varieties of Governance in China: Migration and Institutional Change in Chinese Villages. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015....

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Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, and the Colonial Philippines by Mark Rice

Paul A. Rodell

231–234

Abstract
Rice, Mark. Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, and the Colonial Philippines. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan...

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Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture: Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China by Philip L. Wickeri

E. Bruce Reynolds

235–237

Abstract
Wickeri, Philip L., Christian Encounters with Chinese Culture: Essays on Anglican and Episcopal History in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong...

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China and ASEAN: Energy Security, Cooperation and Competition by Hong Zhao

Robert L. Curry

237–240

Abstract
Zhao, Hong. China and ASEAN: Energy Security, Cooperation and Competition. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2015. Review by Robert L. Curry, Jr.

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Understanding Central America (Sixth Edition) by John A. Booth, Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker

Jeffery T. Morris

241–244

Abstract
Booth, John A., Christine J. Wade, and Thomas W. Walker. Understanding Central America (Sixth Edition). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2015....

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Dragon in the Tropics: Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez (second edition) by Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold

Oliver Stuenkel

244–247

Abstract
Corrales, Javier and Michael Penfold. Dragon in the Tropics: Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez (second edition). Washington DC:...

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The Chile Reader: History, Culture, Politics edited by Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Thomas Miller Klubock, Nara B. Milanich, and Peter Winn; The Paraquay Reader: History, Culture, Politics edited by Peter Lambert and Andrew Nickson

Yoly Zentella

247–251

Abstract

Hutchison, Elizabeth Quay, Thomas Miller Klubock, Nara B. Milanich, and Peter Winn, eds. The Chile Reader: History, Culture, Politics....

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Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman

Alia Yunis

251–254

Abstract
Devi, Gayatri and Najat Rahman, eds. Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2014. Review by Alia...

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The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa edited by Mark Gasiorowski

Paul J. Magnarella

254–257

Abstract
Gasiorowski, Mark, ed. The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2014. Review by Paul...

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The Flour Convoy by Chaitram Singh

Sam Fuller

257–259

Abstract
Singh, Chaitram. The Flour Convoy. Bloomington, IN: I-Universe, 2011. Review by Sam Fuller.

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