Bargaining for women's rights : activism in an aspiring Muslim democracy / by Kang, Alice J., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Abbreviations -- Introduction: women's rights in an African Muslim democracy -- A French colonial legacy : the making of Niger's legal system -- The puzzle of non-adoption : why Niger has no family code -- Bargaining for women's representation : the adoption of a gender quota -- Bringing rights home : how Niger ratified CEDAW and rejected the Maputo protocol -- Conclusion: rethinking women's activism -- Appendix: research methods -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Civil society & peacebuilding : a critical assessment /

Table of Contents: “…Nigeria : dilemmas of co-optation in the Niger Delta /…”

Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement--A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development /

Table of Contents: “…Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement in Niger /…”
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Extractive economies and conflicts in the global South : multi-regional perspectives on rentier politics /

Table of Contents: “…Tar -- Anatomy of an oil insurgency : violence and militants in the Niger Delta, Nigeria / Michael Watts -- Nationalization versus indigenization of the rentier space : oil and conflicts in Nigeria / Ukoha Ukiwo -- Greed or grievance? …”
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Religious authority and the state in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Sani Umar -- Democratic reform and Islamic revival in the Republic of Niger / Sebastian Elischer -- Evolving attitudes toward secularism in Tanzania / Richard Downie.…”
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Citizenship and social movements : perspectives from the global South /

Table of Contents: “…About the editors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Foreword; 1 -- Introduction: mobilization and social movements in the South -- the challenges of inclusive governance; PART ONE -- Socio-economic rights and social movements; 2 -- Social movements and rights claims: the case of action groups in the Niger Delta; 3 -- Why do garment workers in Bangladesh fail to mobilize?…”
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Constitutions and conflict management in Africa : preventing civil war through institutional design / by Kuperman, Alan J.

Table of Contents: “…Khadiagala -- Nigeria : devolution to mitigate conflict in the Niger Delta / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Sudan : "successful" constitutional reform spurs localized violence / Karly Kupferberg and Stefan Wolff -- Ghana : the complements of successful centralization : checks, balances, and informal accommodation / Justin Orlando Frosini -- Senegal : the limits of hyper-centralization / William Zartman, Hillary Thomas-Lake, and Arame Tall -- Zimbabwe : the unintended consequences of authoritarian institutions / Andrew Reynolds -- Africa's domestic institutions of integration and accommodation : a new database / Eli Poupko -- Rethinking constitutional reform for democracy and stability / Alan J. …”

The Brutish Museums : the Benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution / by Hicks, Dan

Table of Contents: “…War on Terror -- 8. The Benin-Niger-Soudan Expedition -- 9. The Sacking of Benin City -- 10. …”
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The Brutish Museums : the benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution / by Hicks, Dan

Table of Contents: “…War on Terror -- 8. The Benin-Niger-Soudan Expedition -- 9. The Sacking of Benin City -- 10. …”
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Medical humanitarianism : ethnographies of practice / by Abramowitz, Sharon Alane, Panter-Brick, Catherine, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…: Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2005 food crisis in Niger / Jean-Hervé Jézéquel -- What happens when MSF leaves? …”
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Practising development : social science perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…: the Band Aid perspective on developmental projects / Bill Garber and Penny Jenden -- Anthropology and appraisal : the preparation of two IFAD pastoral developmental projects in Niger and Mali / David Seddon -- Development in Madura : an anthropological approach / Margaret Casey -- Project appraisals : the need for methodological guidelines / Geoff Griffith -- Anthropology in farming systems research : a participant observer in Zambia / Philip Gatter -- Representing knowledge : the 'new farmer' in research fashions / James Fairhead.…”
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Constitutions and conflict management in Africa : preventing civil war through institutional design / by Kuperman, Alan J.

Table of Contents: “…Khadiagala -- Nigeria : devolution to mitigate conflict in the Niger Delta / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Sudan : "successful" constitutional reform spurs localized violence / Karly Kupferberg and Stefan Wolff -- Ghana : the complements of successful centralization : checks, balances, and informal accommodation / Justin Orlando Frosini -- Senegal : the limits of hyper-centralization / William Zartman, Hillary Thomas-Lake, and Arame Tall -- Zimbabwe : the unintended consequences of authoritarian institutions / Andrew Reynolds -- Africa's domestic institutions of integration and accommodation : a new database / Eli Poupko -- Rethinking constitutional reform for democracy and stability / Alan J. …”
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A history of environmentalism : local struggles, global histories / by Armiero, Marco, 1966-, Sedrez, Lise

Table of Contents: “…Frank -- Biological diversity as a political force in Australia / Libby Robin -- Oil, ethnic minority groups and environmental struggles against multinational oil companies and the federal government in Nigerian Niger Delta since the 1990s / Phia Steyn -- Protecting the Tibetan antelope : a historical narrative and missing stories / Mao Da and Mei Xueqin -- Blood on the ice : the Greenpeace campaign against the harp seal slaughter / Frank Zelko -- The struggle for justice in Bhopal : a new/old breed of transnational social movement / Stephen Zavestoski -- Rubber, trees and communities : rubber tapers in the Brazilian Amazon in the twentieth century / Lise Fernanda Sedrez -- Garbage under the volcano : the waste crisis in Campania and the struggles for environmental justice / Marco Armiero -- The great fear : European environmentalism in the atomic age / Hein-Anton van der Heijden.…”
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Hope and uncertainty in contemporary African migration /

Table of Contents: “…Lubkemann -- Prospective moments, eternal salvation : The production of hope in Nigerian Pentecostal churches in China / Heidi Østbø Haugen -- Hope and uncertainty in Senegalese migration to Spain : Taking chances on emigration but not upon return / María Hernández-Carretero -- The migratory adventure as a moral experience / Sylvie Bredeloup -- Death of a gin salesman : Hope and despair among Ghanaian migrants and deportees stranded in Niger / Hans Lucht -- Returning with nothing but an empty bag : Topographies of social hope after deportation to Ghana / Nauja Kleist.…”
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Liberation ecologies : environment, development, social movements /

Table of Contents: “…Dubash -- Transition environments : ecological and social challenges to post-socialist industrial development / Dara O'Rourke -- Violent environments : petroleum conflict and the political ecology of rule in the Niger Delta, Nigeria / Michael Watts -- Gender and class power in agroforestry systems : case studies from Indonesia and West Africa / Richard A. …”
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The governance of daily life in Africa : ethnographic explorations of public and collective services /

Table of Contents: “…/ Sjaak van der Geest and Nelson Obirih-Opareh -- Reclaiming politics in the bureaucratic space of a Burundian refugee camp in Tanzania / Simon Turner -- The politics of transferring and managing land in the 'new' South Africa / Wiebe Nauta -- Humanitarian governance : assisting Mauritanian refugees in Senegal / Marion Fresia -- The daily governance of environmental health : gender perspectives from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Brigit Obrist van Eeuwijk -- Public goods and the management of collective infrastructure : the case of the drinking-water supply systems in the Maradi Region of Niger / Mahaman Tidjani Alou.…”
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Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries : Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty. by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Thirteen Food Advertising Policy in the United States (4-1)Chapter Fourteen Surviving Shocks in Ethiopia: The Role of Social Protection or Food Security (4-2); Chapter Fifteen Niger's Famine and the Role of Food Aid (4-3); Chapter Sixteen Zambia and Genetically Modified Food Aid (4-4); Chapter Seventeen lntrahousehold Allocation, Gender Relations, and Food Security in Developing Countries (4-5); Part Three Poverty Alleviation Policies; Introduction; Chapter Eighteen PROGRESA: An Integrated Approach to Poverty Alleviation in Mexico (5-1).…”
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Case studies in food policy for developing countries.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Eleven The 2002 Malawi Famine (7-1)Chapter Twelve Persistent Food Insecurity from Policy Failures in Malawi (7-2); Chapter Thirteen Policy Implications of Droughts and Food Insecurity in Malawi and Zambia (7-3); Chapter Fourteen Famine and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia (7-4); Chapter Fifteen Managing Drought Risks in the Low-Rainfall Areas of the Middle East and North Africa (7-5); Chapter Sixteen Policy Measures for Pastoralists in Niger (7-6); Chapter Seventeen Farm Restructuring in Transition: Land Distribution in Russia (7-7).…”
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African cities and collaborative futures : urban platforms and metropolitan logistics /

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Citizenship law in Africa : a comparative study / by Manby, Bronwen

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