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Africa in Global Trade: Tracking Performance and Map** Future Pathways
The changing global order raises many questions concerning Africa’s participation in global trade; what is the continent’s position in the system in...
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China and Globalization in a Changing Context
Voices that decryMiao, Mabel Lu a downturn in or ultimate downfall of globalisation seem to be gaining the upper hand as the world changes. Given...
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Technology-Mediated Transparency, Accountability, and Participation in the Realisation of Citizen-Centred Health Interventions: Case Study of MobiSAfAIDS in Southern Africa
In citizen-centred engagement and participation, a naïve theory of change maps access to data (and the associated information and communication...
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State Politics and Public Policy in Africa: A State Transformation Perspective
This chapter crafts a state transformation perspective. It conceptualises three kinds of state politics: politics of domination, politics of...
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Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence
In this chapter we examine how African societies rose up again, after the initial knockdown of colonialism, and launched independence movements, in...
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India-ASEAN Confluence: Centrality and Synergies
India has decisively moved forward in its policy stance from Looking East in the 1990s to Acting East since 2014 and now to Connecting East by...
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The Third Pillar: Pico and Kabbalism
Kabbalism is the third pillar of Pico’s approach. In it he found the Christian message and classical philosophy, particularly the Platonic tradition,...
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The Promise and Potential of One Planet Living
This chapter explores the One Planet Living (OPL) framework for sustainable urban development. The OPL Framework is a system of principles and tools...
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Dependency and Technology in the 4IR
A growing body of literature, flanked by a litany of governmental policy documents the world over, notes the global economy to be entering the 4IR4IR...
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Integrated Statecraft and Australia’s Diplomacy
In Australia, as in many countries, the practice of diplomacy has lost prestige. This has spurred an interesting example of diplomatic innovation...
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Operational Gaps and a Resilience Approach for SDGs
This chapter assesses the current state of implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the existing approaches from an operational...
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The Discourse of “Energy Security” in Populist Politics and Policymaking in Poland
This chapter introduces the discursive characteristics of Polish populist political communication in order to provide a thematic and discourse...
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European Union—Western Balkans Misperceptions and Paradoxes
This chapter explores elite and public perceptions across the region of the Western Balkans in relation to the European Union (EU). It explores two...
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Asian Democracy
This chapter examines the Asian conceptualization of democracy, looking for the characteristics which differentiate it from the dominant Western...
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Evolution and Transformation of IGAD
The chapter starts by focusing on the formation of IGADD and delves into its objectives, contributions, and the historical factors that led to its...
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Regional Development and the UN
This chapter examines the emerging relationships between the UN and the Pacific’s regional organizations. Because the UN is premised – as the...
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Evans High School, a UCF-Certified Community Partnership School: A Case Study of the Comprehensive Community School Model
There is a process by which a pilot becomes a prototype. The same can be said for when a sole community school transforms into a model. This is what...
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Economic Freedom, Institutional Arrangements, and Local Context
Inspired by Adam Smith, liberal political economists have long emphasised the importance of economic freedom for national prosperity. A free-market...
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Diplomats and Politicization
The aim of this chapter is to examine the “politicization of diplomacy” proposition and its impact, if any, on the effectiveness of contemporary...
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Japan-Bangladesh geo-economic cooperation: the lens of Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) for peace, stability and prosperity
The ongoing transfer of economic power from the West to the East created a shift in economic dominance and the global power balance, allowing...
