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Militarism’s an old fashioned concept, they said… There weren’t these sort of recruitment adverts when I was a student in Germany some twenty-odd years ago

Please come along to the next seminar! Infrastructure in formation: the politics & practices of making progress with infrastructure Mwangi Mwaura (Mwangi Mwaura) & Mary Lawhon (Edinburgh) 30 Oct | 4pm *Hybrid event* Full details & webinar registration: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6ee57…

The argument of this forthcoming book looks timely and fascinating: “Their Future: A History of Ahistoricism in International Development” by Michael Gubser: “ Foreign aid planners rarely consider the history of the societies in which they work, an oversight noted but

Glad to share my article “Party ideology in Nigeria's Four Republics” published in Journal of Modern African Studies. I find that the left/right economic spectrum remains *very* relevant in Nigerian party politics, even if it has evolved since independence. Open Access. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Please join on 7 Nov, 3:30pm. Joint book launch & discussion w/African Studies (In person) Wealth, Power & Authoritarian Institutions: Comparing Dominant Parties & Parliaments in #Tanzania & #Uganda w/author Michaela Collord & discussant Elena Gadjanova africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/event/african-…

New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now global.oup.com/academic/produ… terrefebiruk.bsky Emanuele Fantini Global Development Institute Institute for Peace and Security Studies Oxford Academic

Wow, #Scholz rechnet schonungslos mit #Lindner ab, mehr Klartext geht nicht. Zeichnet ein regelrechtes Charakterbild des FDP-Chefs: das eines undisziplinierten Ego-Taktikers und reinen Parteipolitikers ohne Staatsgesinnung. Da hat sich viel Frust über Eskapaden aufgestaut.

Are there common ideas and policies across illiberal states in Africa? How much does ideology matter? A special issue explores just this theme, analysing a return to modernist development ideology in the last 20 years tandfonline.com/toc/rcaf20/14/3 Intro: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 1/7

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My first Sheffield Urbanism 2025 lecture 'The multiple urban histories of the corridor' is now up online on the The Urban Institute channel to watch for those that couldn't make it... Link youtube.com/watch?v=yBbLYL…

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