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Developmental regionalism and the success prospects of Africa’s continental free trade area (CFTA): lessons from Africa’s early integration experience 发展区域主义与非洲大陆自由贸易区的成功前景:非洲早期一体化经验的教训

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1936999

G. Nubong

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China–Africa relations: do non-economic drivers matter? 中非关系:非经济驱动因素重要吗?

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1943144

I. Nyadera, Billy Agwanda, M. O. Kisaka

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Civil Society Organizations and electoral credibility in Nigeria 尼日利亚的民间社会组织和选举信誉

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1941694

P. Onuh, C. C. Ike

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African immigrant families in another France 非洲移民家庭在另一个法国

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1937002

P. Haokip

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The fast-track land reform programme in Zimbabwe: implications for land restitution 津巴布韦快速土地改革方案:对土地归还的影响

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1943148

Clemence Rusenga, S. Ncube

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Governing from the opposition?’: tracing the impact of EFF’s ‘niche populist politics’ on ANC policy shifts 反对党执政?:追踪EFF的“利基民粹主义政治”对非国大政策转变的影响

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2021-06-25 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2021.1943145

Innocent Batsani-Ncube

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Obstacles to effective participation of civil society organizations in Nigerian extractive industry transparency initiative 阻碍民间社会组织有效参与尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议的障碍

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842993

U. Obuka, E. Adibe, Onyedikachi Josiah Alozie, Morning-Glory Nwafor, Helen U. Agu, I. Chime, P. Umoh, Obinne Oguejiofor, N. Nwafor, Paul Abutu

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Displaced Mozambicans in postcolonial Tanzania: refugee power, mobility, education and rural development 后殖民时期坦桑尼亚境内流离失所的莫桑比克人:难民权力、流动性、教育和农村发展

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842994

Christian A. Williams

引用次数: 4

Maritime security in East and West Africa – a tale of two regions 东非和西非的海上安全——两个地区的故事

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-10 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1842995

Rajneesh Gupta

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Does trust facilitate cooperation in the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)? A socio-psychological approach 信任是否有助于中非合作论坛的合作?社会心理学方法

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Africa Review Pub Date : 2020-11-04 DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2020.1840900

Fanie Herman

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