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The travails of Nigerian federalism 1951-1999: A federation in crisis of constitutional engineering 尼日利亚联邦制的阵痛1951-1999:宪政工程危机中的联邦

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2021-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2020.1304

M. Fadakinte, M. Abdulkareem

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Chinas engagement in the promotion of peace and security in the Horn of Africa: An interplay of big power responsibility and geopolitical interest 中国参与促进非洲之角的和平与安全:大国责任与地缘政治利益的相互作用

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1173

Gebru Assefa Leake

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Mother tongue wont help you eat: Language politics in Sierra Leone 母语不会帮你吃饭:塞拉利昂的语言政治

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1292

M. Gellman

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The role of regional parliaments in conflict resolution: The case of the Pan-African Parliament (2004-2011) 区域议会在解决冲突中的作用:以泛非议会为例(2004-2011)

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2020.1284

K. Tsegaye

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Democratic illiteracy: A threat to sustainable democracy and peace in Ghana 民主文盲:对加纳可持续民主与和平的威胁

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR2020.1294

M. Kodah

{"title":"Democratic illiteracy: A threat to sustainable democracy and peace in Ghana","authors":"M. Kodah","doi":"10.5897/AJPSIR2020.1294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/AJPSIR2020.1294","url":null,"abstract":"Following the political instabilities that have characterised Ghana few years after independence from British colonialists, many were those who thought multiparty democratic governance was the surest way to good governance and sustainable human development. The paper argues that citizens’ uncooperative attitude in governance issues, and leaders’ unpreparedness to be accountable to the citizenry result from lack of democratic acculturation. The way forward to achieving and ensuring good governance and peace in Ghana therefore is an elaborate and sustained democratic education geared toward making democracy a way of life for Ghanaians. The paper is an empirical study founded on current affairs and democratic politics in Ghana. It combines historical and sociological approaches in the interpretation of textual data and empirical observations in the formulation of its reflections. In so doing, it examines what democracy is not, on one hand, and what it is, on the other. Informed-knowledge of these two realities will lead to democratic literacy urgently required for good governance, socio-economic and political development in Ghana. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Democracy, governance, illiteracy, authoritarianism, dictatorship, responsiveness.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122635626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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African compliance with state fragility to gain agency in the international system: A case study of Uganda 非洲顺应国家脆弱性以在国际体系中获得代理权:乌干达案例研究

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1214

Anamika Madhuraj

{"title":"African compliance with state fragility to gain agency in the international system: A case study of Uganda","authors":"Anamika Madhuraj","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2019.1214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2019.1214","url":null,"abstract":"Most states in Africa, due to their unique history of state formation, do not satisfy the established (western-centric) pre-requisites of statehood. This incongruity results in Africa being framed as a place of fragile states with African agency discounted in the process. The discourse on state fragility is instrumental in insidiously granting legitimacy for western governmental interventions in Africa. Meanwhile, the resulting reception of international aid and security assistance by African governments has produced an increasingly popular claim: African states have lost the autonomy to determine their affairs. An important aim of this paper is to challenge this assumption and re-insert African agency into the discussion by revealing how African state-elites have made strategic appeals to notions of African weakness and state fragility to convince donors to finance their governments and assist in the elimination of rivals for continuing their (sometimes) illiberal rule. Subsequently, speeches, interviews, newspaper articles and donor reports from Uganda will be subject to critical discourse analysis (CDA) to demonstrate this point. On a theoretical plane, studying how African actors’ interactions with discursive structures have granted them room for agency, a dialectical position is taken in understanding the structure-agency debate. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Africa, agency, fragile states, discourses, Uganda.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116664402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Transformations in Nigerias foreign policy: From Balewa to Obasanjo 尼日利亚外交政策的转变:从巴莱瓦到奥巴桑乔

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1276

Dele Jemirade

{"title":"Transformations in Nigerias foreign policy: From Balewa to Obasanjo","authors":"Dele Jemirade","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2020.1276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2020.1276","url":null,"abstract":"This article re-examines and reassesses Nigeria’s foreign policy from 1960 to 1979. From independence in 1960, all the administrations in Nigeria had similar foreign policy objectives until 1975 when General Murtala Mohammed became the Head of State. General Mohammed was killed in a failed military coup d’etat and General Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy, became the head of state; hence, the usage of Mohammed-Obasanjo administration. The administration of Mohammed and Obasanjo witnessed the first time that Nigerian broke away from her traditional-moderate way of pursuing foreign policy objectives to a new style with emphasis on action, rather rhetoric. The aim of this review article was to re-examine and reassess the transformations in Nigeria’s foreign policy and diplomacy during the administration of Mohammed and Obasanjo. This review article discovers that Nigeria’s foreign policy truly transformed from reactionary, conservative, static, and lacklustre nature to inspiring, progressive, radical, and dynamic during the administration of Generals Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. The article concluded that the Mohammed-Obasanjo’s foreign policy was the best in Nigeria from independence in 1960 to 1979 when Obasanjo handed power to President Shehu Shagari. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Nigeria, foreign policy, diplomacy, international relations, security.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128754922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stay at home: Coronavirus (COVID-19), isolationism and the future of globalization 待在家里:冠状病毒(COVID-19)、孤立主义和全球化的未来

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1252

K. Tsegaye

{"title":"Stay at home: Coronavirus (COVID-19), isolationism and the future of globalization","authors":"K. Tsegaye","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2020.1252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2020.1252","url":null,"abstract":"The novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) is creating havoc in the world. It is causing greatest damage to the health and economic fabrics of societies with considerable impact on individuals, families, communities, and nations in unprecedented scale. At the same time countries are taking desperate measures to curb its spread and limit its negative consequences. Some of these measures include stay at home and closed door policies. The objective of this paper is to argue that while these policies can reduce the spread of the virus and saves lives, the unintended consequences in terms of inappropriate use of time, pyscho-emotional distress, and loss of livelihoods on one hand and shrinking international or inter-state cooperation and declining trend of globalization, on the other hand, will be incalculable. Given the recent arrival of the complex social, political and economic problems associated with the virus, our knowledge about the scale and directions of these problems is yet to emerge. Using the critical observation and analysis methods, the various implications of the pandemic are highlighted throughout the discussion. The concluding section of the paper calls for a continuous and comprehensive research to generate relevant policy recommendations on constructive responses to the short and long term consequences of Covid-19 and its impacts on individuals, families, communities and the future of globalization. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Covid-19, solidarity, international cooperation, globalization, developing countries.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121445424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The United Nations (UN) and human rights: Challenges and prospects 联合国与人权:挑战与前景

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2019.1184

Eze Chris Akani

{"title":"The United Nations (UN) and human rights: Challenges and prospects","authors":"Eze Chris Akani","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2019.1184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2019.1184","url":null,"abstract":"The two World Wars (1914-18, 1939-1945) cannot be forgotten easily. This is because of their uncanny brutality and imponderable consequences which in no small measure demonstrated man’s capacity to destroy himself and decimate the environment. This assertion is predicated on the millions of people who were gruesomely killed, maimed and properties wantonly destroyed. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction undoubtedly became an easy way to mediate an insatiable economic instinct. Propelled by the desire to save the human family from imminent extinction, world leaders decided to stop the carnage. They were convinced that upholding the tenets of human freedom in all ramifications offers a guarantee for human security and development. Therefore, this study seeks to examine the extent the UN has been able to ensure that human rights become the cornerstone of human security, its challenges and prospects. This is a qualitative study, and data collected was based solely on secondary sources. These include, browsing of the internet, review of existing literature, UN Resolutions, Official bulletins, Newspapers, Magazines and visit to some research institutes like the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Center for Black Arts and African Culture (CBAC). It was discovered that since its formation in 1945, the UN has accomplished a lot in mainstreaming human rights. Consequently, many regional bodies like the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), European Union (EU), the Organization of American States (OAS) and member States of UN have keyed into the UN emphasis on respect and promotion of human rights as a minimum condition for global peace. We recommend that knowledge and respect of human rights should be deepened in the curriculum of every level of socialization. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Human insecurity, human rights, human family, development, global peace.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116207689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The politics of the coronavirus and its impact on international relations 冠状病毒的政治及其对国际关系的影响

African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Pub Date : 2020-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/ajpsir2020.1271

B. Mngomezulu

{"title":"The politics of the coronavirus and its impact on international relations","authors":"B. Mngomezulu","doi":"10.5897/ajpsir2020.1271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/ajpsir2020.1271","url":null,"abstract":"Pandemic outbreaks are not a new phenomenon globally. There is plethora of evidence to substantiate this view. However, each epidemic has its own defining features, magnitude, and discernible impact. Societies are affected differently. The coronavirus or COVID-19 is not an incongruity. Although it is still active, thus making detailed empirical data inconclusive, it has already impacted societies in many ways - leaving indelible marks. Regarding methodology, this paper is an analytic and exploratory desktop study which draws evidence from different countries to advance certain arguments. It is mainly grounded in political science (specifically international relations) and history academic disciplines. Firstly, the paper begins by looking at how the coronavirus has affected international relations – both positively and negatively. Secondly, using examples from different countries, it argues that the virus has exposed the political leadership by bringing to bear endemic socio-economic inequalities which result in citizens responding differently to government regulations meant to flatten the curve of infection. Thirdly, in the context of Africa, the paper makes a compelling argument that some of the socio-economic situations found within the continent are remnants of colonialism and apartheid. But it also proceeds to aver that these situations have been sustained in Africa due to factors like leadership deficit, nepotism, party politics, inefficiency, corruption and ineptitude. Lastly, the paper recommends that political leaders should refrain from making reckless statements and join hands with their citizens if the war against the virus is to be won. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Coronavirus, international relations, pandemic, political leaders, socio-economic inequalities.","PeriodicalId":120632,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science and International Relations","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130578845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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