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Democracy, Political Power, and Authority
This article explores the conditions of possibility for democracy through the analysis of power and authority. Political power, as distinct from coercion, is the key to democracy, as a set of institutions for managing conflict. These institutions presuppose authority, which constitutes a performative act that is validated relative to local perceptions of reasonableness. Democratic power constit…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1049 - 1074
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Democratic Accountability in Development : The Double Standard
Aid agencies and European and American development professionals, with occasional exceptions, have a double standard on political and civil liberties in the world. While this group would never countenance major violations of liberties in their home countries, they appear largely indifferent to whether such liberties exist in developing countries. Some in this group would go further and welcome …
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1075 - 1104
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The Political Economy of Natural Resources
The rise in world prices of natural resources, coupled with the resource discoveries induced by high prices, is transforming Africa's opportunities. The economic future of Africa will be determined by whether this opportunity is seized or missed. The history of resource extraction in Africa is not encouraging. This paper reviews and develops the political economy of natural resources as a guide…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1105 - 1132
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Democracy in Africa : A Very Short History
When discussing governance in Africa, one must be circumspect when applying the term "democracy." One reason for doing so is because the term is imprecise. However, while differing in the attributes they posit and the qualifications they impose, those who write of democracy join in emphasizing its essential property: that it is a form of government in which political power is employed to serve …
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1133 - 1148
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Aid, Accountability, and Democracy in Africa
At the core of democracy is the idea that governments must be systematically responsive to the desires and interests of citizens as expressed through the electoral process which is the principal mechanism of democratic accountability as it is through this process that politicians are called to account by a sovereign electorate with powers to sanction them. The effectiveness of the process depen…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1149 - 1182
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Traditional Institutions and the State of Accountability in Africa
Mythology about Africa still persists. It served colonial interests to portray African natives as "savages" with no history and their indigenous institutions as "backward and primitive." Therefore, colonialism was "good" for them as it "civilized" them and freed them from their "terrible and despotic" traditional rulers. Of course, much of this mythology has been tossed into the trash bin. Afri…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1183 - 1210
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Accountability in Africa and the International Community
Much of the recent scholarship on the problem of political accountability in Africa leans toward the proposition that it is largely a post-colonial phenomenon that was caused by the destruction of the democratic institutions that were inherited by Africa's political elites. By replacing the democratic institutions they inherited from European colonial powers with quasi-democratic and downright …
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1241 - 1280
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Toward an Accountable Budget Process in Sub-Saharan Africa : Problems and Pro…
Of the many factors contributing to the relative under-development across sub-Saharan Africa over the past five decades, one cause that is currently gaining more attention from both scholars and development practitioners is the lack of a transparent and accountable national budget process in most African countries. Although most African constitutions provide for a number of mechanisms of accoun…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1281 - 1310
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Colonial and Postcolonial State and Development in Africa
This article examines the colonial and post colonial state and development in Africa; it does so by trying to answer the following questions: what is the nature of the African state and when did impunity become the norm? Who is the colonial and post-colonial state accountable to and how does this impact the welfare of the majority of the people? How can the state be reconstituted in the interes…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1311 - 1338
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Reconstituting Africa's Failed States : The Case of Somalia
Constitutional federalism is usually suggested as an appropriate and effective form of government for a country that is characterized by significant levels of ethnic diversity. Hence, where destructive ethnic mobilization has resulted in state failure, the suggestion has usually been for the country to adopt some form of constitutional federalism as a way to more effectively manage diversity an…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010 Pp. 1339 - 1366
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Nigeria : Learning from the Past to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
The paper examines how Nigerians have articulated and implemented their national interest through the establishment and maintenance of a robust and viable state as a vector for national development. It argues that while external factors have impact on Nigeria's capacity for transformational development, how Nigerians choose to live together to build a viable and stable political system is more …
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1367 - 1400
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No Shortcut to Stability : Democratic Accountability and Sustainable Developm…
The link between broad based economic prosperity, political stability and accountable governance is generally acknowledged as a reasonable proposition to explain the wealth and poverty of nations. Although there is continuing debate about what accountable governance actually imply and the degree to which government accountability is related to the democratic nature of the state, there is a broa…
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- Volume 77, Number 4 / Winter 2010, Pp. 1401 - 1446
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Knowledge strategy typologies : defining dimensions and relationships
Studying knowledge strategy empirically requires that specific strategies be operationalized. In this paper, two existing knowledge strategy typologies (the Bierly & Chakrabarti typology of Loners, Explorers, Exploiters and Innovators and the von Krogh, Nonaka & Aben typology of Leveraging, Expanding, Appropriating, and Probing) are compared and mapped onto knowledge strategy dimensions, genera…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011.pp. 102–119
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Diverse approaches to learning in rural and development studies : review of t…
In loosely structured environments such as rural areas, the objectives and methods to encourage knowledge creation and learning are still much debated, leading to a wide diversity of learning systems. Using action-learning theory as a standpoint from which to understand this diversity, a review of the literature was conducted and five specific approaches were identified: (1) extension, (2) comm…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011,pp. 120–135
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Knowledge management governance – a strategic driver
This paper investigates how Knowledge management (KM) governance drives the effective implementation of KM strategy in organizations. To this end, we analysed the survey evidence from 218 organizations from the perspective of KM governance, selection of techniques in the development and implementation of knowledge strategy and its alignment with business strategy. Based on the analysis, we have…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011, pp. 136–150
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The success of Expert Recommending Services and the part played by organizati…
Knowledge Management (KM) practice includes services designed to reduce the difficulty of sourcing knowledge, that is, getting the right knowledge to the right people at the right time. The phenomenon addressed in the study reported in this paper is a specific type of KM service – the Expert Recommending Service (ERS) – which contributes to achieving the difficult objective of getting the right…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011,Pp. 151–171
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Formulating integrated knowledge city development strategies : the KnowCis 2.…
During recent years, the theme of Knowledge Cities (KC) has evolved as a major topic of interest, in the context of the knowledge-based development (KBD) field. The KC theme, being multi-dimensional by nature, attracts researchers from a wide variety of disciplines. Many cities around the world are in the process of adopting KBD approaches and, specifically, of developing KC development strateg…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011,Pp. 172–184
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The KM processes in Malaysian SMEs : an empirical validation
This research attempts to investigate the degree of implementation of knowledge management (KM) processes in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The literature suggested that there are three general KM processes: construction, embodiment, and deployment. The processes are examined in detail which included the contributions of the KM process to enterprise performance. The data collected fro…
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- Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2011,pp. 185–196
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Attitudes Towards Women in Politics : Gender, Generation and Party Identifica…
This article analyses the effects of gender, generation and party support towards a greater inclusion of women in politics in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It explores attitudes on this issue using the same question in the Irish National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. The article documents a consistent gender gap in both polities that persists acr…
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- Vol. 64, No. 4, October 2011,pp. 585-611
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‘Never Allow a Crisis Go To Waste’ : The Wright Committee Reforms to Stre…
In 2010 an important package of reforms was agreed to the British parliament, following a report by a new Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, chaired by Labour MP Tony Wright. The reforms changed the way in which select committee members and chairs are chosen, removing patronage powers from party whips and instead moving to a system of election. They also created a new category …
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- Vol. 64, No. 4, October 2011, pp. 612-633
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