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Ironies of accomplishment: negative aspiration, economic resentment and the myth of the middle class on Nairobi’s new urban outskirts 成就的讽刺:消极的抱负、经济上的怨恨和内罗毕新城区郊区中产阶级的神话
3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972023000633
Peter Lockwood
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Khalid Mustafa Medani, Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pb £22.99 – 978 1 009 25772 5; open access – 978 1 108 96101 1). 2022, 426 pp. 哈立德·穆斯塔法·梅达尼，《黑市和武装分子:中东和非洲的非正式网络》，第2版。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社(pb£22.99 - 978 1 009 25772;开放存取- 978 1 108 96101 1). 2022,426页。
3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972023000682
Peer Schouten
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‘Money looks for money’: managing financialization in eastern Uganda “钱找钱”:管理乌干达东部的金融化
3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1017/s000197202300061x
Ben Jones, Sarah Amongin
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Entangled oligarchies: structure, agency and rent seeking in South Africa 纠缠的寡头:南非的结构、代理和寻租
3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972023000657
Mesrob Vartavarian
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Robtel Neajai Pailey, Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb £75 – 978 1 108 83654 8; pb £22.99 – 978 1 108 81252 8). 2021, 250 pp. 发展，(双重)公民身份及其在非洲的不满:属于利比里亚的政治经济学。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社(hb£75 - 978 1 108 83654 8;Pb£22.99 - 978 1 108 81252 8). 2021,250页。
3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972023000062
Daniel Hammett
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Making children, making chiefs: gender, power and ritual legitimacy. 生孩子，生酋长:性别，权力和仪式合法性。
IF 1.2 3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 1998-01-01
T Sanders
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The changing value of children among the Kikuyu of Central Province, Kenya. 肯尼亚中部省基库尤人对儿童价值的变化。
IF 1.2 3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 1996-01-01
N Price
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The power of sex: some reflections on the Caldwell's "African sexuality" thesis. 性的力量:对考德威尔“非洲性”论题的一些思考。
IF 1.2 3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 1995-01-01
S Heald
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Is there a distinct African sexuality? A critical response to Caldwell. 非洲人有独特的性取向吗?对考德威尔的批评性回应。
IF 1.2 3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 1994-01-01
B M Ahlberg
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Marital instability in a rural population in south-west Uganda: implications for the spread of HIV-1 infection. 乌干达西南部农村人口的婚姻不稳定:对HIV-1感染传播的影响
IF 1.2 3区 社会学
Africa Pub Date : 1994-01-01
J Nabaitu, C Bachengana, J Seeley
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