Events in the last decade around the land question in Zimbabwe and the broader political
context in which they have played out have been dramatic and transformational. Sparked by …

On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British
colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation …

The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in
moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not …

Using political economy analysis, this paper discusses three precipitating factors that were
ignited by Kenya's 2007 election, which was too close to call beforehand and highly …

For autocrats facing elections, officers in the internal security apparatus play a crucial role by
engaging in coercion on behalf of the incumbent. Yet reliance on these officers introduces a …

This report is based on field work carried out in the Akyem Abuakwa area of the forest region
of Ghana, a section of the country rich in agricultural land, gold, and diamonds. Through the …

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa,
research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It …

Putting research on the socio-political effects of Kenya's new Standard Gauge Railway in
conversation with geographically and anthropologically grounded scholarship on …

Abstract The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya, inaugurated in 2017, has been
promoted by the Kenyan government as a promise of “development” and “prospering …

Examining a key puzzle in the study of electoral violence, this study asks how elites organize
violence and why ordinary citizens participate. While existing theories of electoral violence …