Review of African Political Economy, Volume 39, Issue 131 (2012)

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Editorial

Editorial
Five decades on: some reflections on 50 years of Africa's independence
Alfred Zack-Williams
Pages: 1-10
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Articles

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Tracks of the third wave: democracy theory, democratisation and the dilemma of political succession in Africa
Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu
Pages: 11-25
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Neo-patrimonialism and the discourse of state failure in Africa
Zubairu Wai
Pages: 27-43
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Rubbishing: a wrong approach to Eritrea/Ethiopia union
Simon Weldehaimanot & Semere Kesete
Pages: 45-62
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Victim of its own success? The platinum mining industry and the apartheid mineral property system in South Africa's political transition
Gavin Capps
Pages: 63-84
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Beyond the fringe? South African social movements and the politics of redistribution
Steven Friedman
Pages: 85-100
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Theme: Tanzania at 50

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Kicking off a debate on Tanzania's 50 years of independence
Lionel Cliffe
Pages: 101-102
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Nationalism and pan-Africanism: decisive moments in Nyerere's intellectual and political thought
Issa G. Shivji
Pages: 103-116
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Tanzania fifty years on (1961–2011): rethinking ujamaa, Nyerere and socialism in Africa
John S. Saul
Pages: 117-125
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Fifty years of making sense of independence politics
Lionel Cliffe
Pages: 127-131
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Debate/ROAPE forum

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Brand Africa: multiple transitions in global capitalism – a preface
Gary Littlejohn
Page: 133
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Brand Africa: multiple transitions in global capitalism
Lisa Ann Richey & Stefano Ponte
Pages: 135-150
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Debate

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Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and Africa
Henning Melber
Pages: 151-159
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Briefings

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An exposition of development failures in Mozambique
Benedito Cunguara
Pages: 161-170
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Whither agrarian reform in South Africa?
Peter Jacobs
Pages: 171-180
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Sierra Leone at 50: confronting old problems and preparing for new challenges
Yusuf Bangura
Pages: 181-192
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Book reviews

Book Review
The European Union's Africa policies: norms, interests and impact
Stephen Hurt
Pages: 193-194
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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A swamp full of dollars: pipelines and paramilitaries in Nigeria's oil frontier
Usman A. Tar
Pages: 195-197
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure
Stylianos Moshonas
Pages: 198-199
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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War and the politics of identity in Ethiopia: the making of enemies and allies in the Horn of Africa
John Markakis
Pages: 200-202
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Architects of poverty: why African capitalism needs changing
Philani Moyo
Pages: 203-205
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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Intervention as indirect rule: civil war and statebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dan Fahey
Pages: 206-207
Published online: 27 Mar 2012
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