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Patterns of electoral violence during Côte d’Ivoire’s third-Term crisis 科特迪瓦第三任期危机期间的选举暴力模式

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad020

S. van Baalen, Abel Gbala

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The agency problem in readings of Sino–African relations 解读中非关系中的代理问题

1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad024

Niall Duggan

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Chinese technology and the transformation of the rural economy in Ghana: Evidence from galamsey in the ashanti and Savannah regions 中国技术与加纳农村经济转型:来自阿散蒂和萨凡纳地区galamsey的证据

1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad023

Emmanuel Akyeampong, Liang Xu

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Urbanization and political change in Africa 非洲的城市化和政治变革

1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad021

Kristian Hoelscher, Nick Dorward, Sean Fox, Taibat Lawanson, Jeffrey W Paller, Melanie L Phillips

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Memory mobilization and Postconflict Stability in Côte D’ivoire: Analysing the transmission of conflict narratives among Ivoirian Youth Côte科特迪瓦的记忆动员和冲突后稳定:分析冲突叙事在科特迪瓦青年中的传播

1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad022

Line Kuppens, Arnim Langer

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The 2023 Cashless Election in Nigeria: The Politics of Withdrawing Money 2023年尼日利亚无现金选举：提款政治

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad019

Laurent Fourchard, Azeez Kayode Sikiru

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National Identities in Global Health: Kenya’s Vaccine Diplomacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic 全球卫生中的国家认同：新冠肺炎大流行期间肯尼亚的疫苗外交

IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad015

John Harrington, D. Ngira

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IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad018

Sibanengi Ncube

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IF 2.8 1区社会学

African Affairs Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adad017

J. Lar

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