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

引用次数: 0

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

引用次数: 0

STUCK IN RUINS, OR UP AND COMING? THE SHIFTING GEOGRAPHY OF URBAN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH IN KISUMU, KENYA. 困在废墟里，还是奋起直追?肯尼亚基苏木城市公共卫生研究地理位置的变化。

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Africa Pub Date : 2013-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000442

P Wenzel Geissler

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引用次数: 13

INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINING THE LIFE OF THE POLIS. 导言:维持城邦的生命。

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Africa Pub Date : 2013-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000430

P Wenzel Geissler, Ann H Kelly, John Manton, Ruth J Prince, Noémi Tousignant

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引用次数: 13

PHARMACY, MONEY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN DAKAR. 达喀尔的药房、金钱和公共卫生。

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Africa Pub Date : 2013-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000454

Noémi Tousignant

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引用次数: 10

'TARMACKING' IN THE MILLENNIUM CITY: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRAJECTORIES OF EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN KISUMU, KENYA. 千年城市中的“柏油路”:肯尼亚基苏木赋权与发展的时空轨迹。

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Africa Pub Date : 2013-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000478

Ruth J Prince

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引用次数: 27

"The daughter she will eat Agousie in the world of the spirits": witchcraft confessions in missionised Onitsha, Nigeria. “女儿她将在灵魂的世界里吃Agousie”:尼日利亚奥尼察传教区的巫术忏悔。

IF 1.2 3区社会学

Africa Pub Date : 2002-01-01

Misty L Bastian

引用次数: 0

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