Africa
May 2005
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May Article Abstracts
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Title: Sudan's Darfur: Is It Genocide?
Author: Nelson Kasfir
"In causing civilian atrocities on such a massive scale, has the Sudanese government adopted a policy of cultural annihilation, or has it decided to crush a rebellion to protect its dominance?"
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Title: Nigeria: Chronicle of a Dying State
Author: Ike Okonta
"The ruling party is the state, the regime, and the government melded into a seamless whole, sustained by violence and deploying violence to eviscerate all obstacles to its endless trips to the oil wells."
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Title: Kenya's Antipolitics
Author: Frank Holmquist
"For reform to succeed, the range of effective interests with a voice at the table must extend beyond those of the political class-made up of top politicians and civil servants with remarkable staying power. . . ."
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Title: Africa's Democratization: A Work in Progress
Author: Jennifer Widner
"Real, sustained efforts are being made across the continent to deepen democracy and reap the benefits of accountable governance. The success of these efforts has been mixed, but it is far too soon to write them off as failures."
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Title: Development in Africa: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Author: Carol Lancaster
"Whether HIV/AIDS and civil conflict are tamed or left unrestrained is primarily in the hands of Africans and, above all, African leaders-and so is the region's future economic performance."
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Title: Sovereignty Reconsidered
Author: Letitia Lawson and Donald Rothchild
Africans "have begun moving away from colonially designed juridical statehood to fashion empirical formulas that respond to the messiness of their current realities. Only time will reveal whether these new, flexible structures prove an effective response to . . . state weakness."
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Title: Book Reviews
Reviewer: William W. Finan
One book on American nationalism: America, Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in March 2005, country by country, day by day.
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Title: Africa
A map of Africa.
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