Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 175
Cover Image
Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and …'éducation, de la religion, et la classe sociale des personnes concernées. Selon de nombreux Africains son incidence est encore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327883
Cover Image
Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in Benin and Haiti
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Globalization and transformations of local …, (pp. 151-173). 2007
religion, and between different trans-national social spaces. Different innovation cultures may be complementary, mutually … African religion on development in Benin and Haiti. … différenciation structurelle selon la classe, le sexe et la religion, et entre les différents espaces sociaux transnationaux. Cultures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331412
Cover Image
On the impact of the occult on state legitimacy and democratization aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologus 47 (2020) 1, pp. 24-50
The impact of occult belief on legitimacy of the state and on aid for democratization in Africa: Among politicians and development experts in Africa alike there is a growing awareness of the never decreasing importance of the belief in magic and witchcraft on political decision making since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201801
Cover Image
Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? : on the articulation of multiple modernities in Benin and Haiti
Kohnert, Dirk - 2007
religion, and between different trans-national social spaces. Different innovation cultures may be complementary, mutually … African religion on development in Benin and Haiti. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335180
Cover Image
Die UEMOA und die CFA-Zone : eine neue Kooperations-Kultur im frankophonen Afrika?
Kohnert, Dirk - 2005
The WAEMU and the Franc CFA-Zone: A new culture of co-operation in Francophone Africa? The CFA-zone is basically composed of two sub-zones, characterised by significant structural economic and political differences within and between its member countries: the West African Economic and Monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335190
Cover Image
Togo: Thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Elections and democratization in West Africa 1990 – 2009, (pp. 179-210). 2011
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331375
Cover Image
Entfremdung und Ausgrenzung: Afrikas neuer Nationalismus in Zeiten der Globalisierung
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologus 58 (2008) 2, pp. 197-222
Der neue Nationalismus in Afrika und anderswo unterscheidet sich in Ursachen und Auswirkungen wesentlich von dem nationaler Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen der 1960er Jahre. Anders als der erste Nationalismus setzt der zweite weniger auf Einschluss denn auf Ausschluss von Bevölkerungsgruppen;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331377
Cover Image
New Nationalism and Development in Africa: Review Article
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Africa Spectrum 44 (2009) 1, pp. 111-123
About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism again rank high on the agenda of the international academic discussion. A selection of three recent publications demonstrates the advances made in scholarly analysis in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331402
Cover Image
New Nationalism and Development in Africa: review article
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism again rank high on the agenda of the international academic discussion. A selection of three recent publications demonstrates the advances made in scholarly analysis in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005668422
Cover Image
Togo : thorny transitions and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - 2011
The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes' propensity to change towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334797