Cosmopolitanism describes a 'citizen of the world', member in a 'universal circle of
belonging that involves the transcendence of the particular and blindly given ties of kinship …

Charismatic legitimation theory emerged in the 1960s as a framework for analysing the rise
of personal leadership in developing countries. The theory fitted in quite well with the roles …

This article makes historical sense of the recent signs of the metamorphosis of nationalism
into nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The central thesis of the article is that the …

Since the 1990s, states that lack the capacity to discharge their normal functions and drive
forward development have been referred to as 'fragile states'. This article focuses on Africa …

Although it has gained wide currency in the analysis of African politics, civil society remains
a “mysterious” concept in need of proper grounding and understanding as an integral part of …

Nigeria, Africa's most populous democracy, celebrates her 50th year as an independent
nation in October 2010. As the cliché states,'As Nigeria goes, so goes Africa'. This volume …

The white monopoly of political power; the attempt to make race coincide with space; the
regulation of the labour supply; the maintenance of social control. Originally published in …

The Nigerian political process has been very unstable since the country attained
independence in 1960. Governmental instability is therefore a feature of Nigerian‟ s …

The AIDS denialism of South African President Thabo Mbeki's government is analysed
through close examination of a representative monograph circulated throughout the ANC in …

This article responds to the debate on “The End of IR Theory?” that appeared in a recent
volume of the European Journal of International Relations. It argues that the …