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Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2021

Like the poor in history, the state in political science is, always with us. This is so even when... more Like the poor in history, the state in political science is, always with us. This is so even when, again like the poor in history, our attitude to the state is one of neglect. The attitude of the political science community towards the state has tended to be an excellent indicator of the prevailing political strategies, options and expectations that exist at a particular point in time. This is so in the study of political science generally and in the study of politics in post-colonial Africa specifically.1 It is the intention of this chapter, therefore, accepting the exhortations of David Ricci that the political scientist learns the value of historiography,2 to review our changing perceptions of the role and functioning of the state in the first couple of decades of our study of post-colonial Africa. The value of historiographical analysis for a book concerned with the future of Africa is largely self-evident, yet, at the risk of over-simplification, such value can be brieflẏ spelled out.

Global Policy, Jun 1, 2023

This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license. You are free to: • Share-co... more This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license. You are free to: • Share-copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format • Adapt-remix, transform, and build upon the material Under the following terms: • Attribution-You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. • Non-Commercial-You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

Religion Past and Present

The European Union's (EU) universities and their provision of higher education (HE) to intern... more The European Union's (EU) universities and their provision of higher education (HE) to international students remains one of its most powerful global development and cultural assets. The EU operates a wide-ranging set of strategies to assist Africa in enhancing the quality and quantity of its HE. But an 8% average enrolment rate across all sub-Saharan African nations is still much lower than the average of 20-40% for all other developing regions. Currently, only one percent of total African GDP is spent on higher education. Africa will not grow its graduate labour force relying solely on its public universities and/or public support from international bodies like the EU. International private provision must play a greater role. Yet EU's strategy towards HE in Africa fails to understand or to engage the private sector to help grow the number of Africans undertaking tertiary study. There has been no effort to learn from the success of international private provision in Asia. This study identifies the benefits and opportunities of international private provision and proposes a set of next steps as part of a targeted 'strategy of engagement' for greater international private involvement in higher education in Africa. The EU currently does not, but needs, to play a role in these next steps.

This chapter provides an overview of the challenges involved in regulating the international fina... more This chapter provides an overview of the challenges involved in regulating the international financial system, addressing the role of the IMF, the continuing sources of instability, and the barriers to effective international cooperation in this policy area. The IMF has extensive research capability and efficient organisational structure, but misses State-like powers and remains subordinate to, but central to, the G20 as the principal rescue agent and supporter of longer term economic stability in global contemporary economic governance. The IMF's position of systemic economic importance is thus somewhat paradoxical. Its formal ambition does (and has always) overreach its actual mandate. But in any standoff with a sovereign government it invariably acknowledges that it has no power to turn technical advice into a formal legal right to implement, as opposed to advocate, policy change. It must rely on the authority of argument rather than the power of statute in a residual era of sovereign States. The challenge of international financial regulation is to reduce the frequency and severity of economic crises while at the same time maximising the prosperity of humanity and the planet on which we live. But this will only happen if the struggle between financial power struggle and rulesbased behaviour, a hallmark of the present system, can be balanced. Contrary to the pietistic chimera of the cosmopolitan theorist, even on the smaller, more practical canvas of twenty-first century economic institutional multilateralism, cooperative, collective action problem-solving will remain constrained by both national and international politics. Coordination in the global financial system is to be encouraged but responsibility for regulation will remain largely a 'host country' activity.

Routledge eBooks, Jun 28, 2005

... problems for analyses based on dependency theory." "Once the possibility that South... more ... problems for analyses based on dependency theory." "Once the possibility that South Korea might become "another Japan" is conceded ... most sophisticated and subtle analysis in section IV comes from Richard Robison in his examination of Suharto's "New Order" in Indonesia. ...

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2021

Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks, Dec 31, 1991

African research & documentation, 1974

It was originally intended that this article would be the result of an informal “sounding” of a f... more It was originally intended that this article would be the result of an informal “sounding” of a few Australian academics. After several such “soundings”, it became increasingly obvious that there was sufficient interest in Africa to warrant a reasonably detailed survey of the existing situation. A short questionnaire was therefore drawn up with the hopes of obtaining the following information:(i)The names of academics and postgraduate students with a research interest in Africa.(ii)The nature of this research and any resulting publications.(iii)Courses taught in Australian universities concerning Africa, or which contained a substantial African interest, and approximate number of students involved each year.(iv)What would be the level of support for the calling of a conference/meeting of academics with an African interest?

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2021

Like the poor in history, the state in political science is, always with us. This is so even when... more Like the poor in history, the state in political science is, always with us. This is so even when, again like the poor in history, our attitude to the state is one of neglect. The attitude of the political science community towards the state has tended to be an excellent indicator of the prevailing political strategies, options and expectations that exist at a particular point in time. This is so in the study of political science generally and in the study of politics in post-colonial Africa specifically.1 It is the intention of this chapter, therefore, accepting the exhortations of David Ricci that the political scientist learns the value of historiography,2 to review our changing perceptions of the role and functioning of the state in the first couple of decades of our study of post-colonial Africa. The value of historiographical analysis for a book concerned with the future of Africa is largely self-evident, yet, at the risk of over-simplification, such value can be brieflẏ spelled out.

Global Policy, Jun 1, 2023

This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license. You are free to: • Share-co... more This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 license. You are free to: • Share-copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format • Adapt-remix, transform, and build upon the material Under the following terms: • Attribution-You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. • Non-Commercial-You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

Religion Past and Present

The European Union's (EU) universities and their provision of higher education (HE) to intern... more The European Union's (EU) universities and their provision of higher education (HE) to international students remains one of its most powerful global development and cultural assets. The EU operates a wide-ranging set of strategies to assist Africa in enhancing the quality and quantity of its HE. But an 8% average enrolment rate across all sub-Saharan African nations is still much lower than the average of 20-40% for all other developing regions. Currently, only one percent of total African GDP is spent on higher education. Africa will not grow its graduate labour force relying solely on its public universities and/or public support from international bodies like the EU. International private provision must play a greater role. Yet EU's strategy towards HE in Africa fails to understand or to engage the private sector to help grow the number of Africans undertaking tertiary study. There has been no effort to learn from the success of international private provision in Asia. This study identifies the benefits and opportunities of international private provision and proposes a set of next steps as part of a targeted 'strategy of engagement' for greater international private involvement in higher education in Africa. The EU currently does not, but needs, to play a role in these next steps.

This chapter provides an overview of the challenges involved in regulating the international fina... more This chapter provides an overview of the challenges involved in regulating the international financial system, addressing the role of the IMF, the continuing sources of instability, and the barriers to effective international cooperation in this policy area. The IMF has extensive research capability and efficient organisational structure, but misses State-like powers and remains subordinate to, but central to, the G20 as the principal rescue agent and supporter of longer term economic stability in global contemporary economic governance. The IMF's position of systemic economic importance is thus somewhat paradoxical. Its formal ambition does (and has always) overreach its actual mandate. But in any standoff with a sovereign government it invariably acknowledges that it has no power to turn technical advice into a formal legal right to implement, as opposed to advocate, policy change. It must rely on the authority of argument rather than the power of statute in a residual era of sovereign States. The challenge of international financial regulation is to reduce the frequency and severity of economic crises while at the same time maximising the prosperity of humanity and the planet on which we live. But this will only happen if the struggle between financial power struggle and rulesbased behaviour, a hallmark of the present system, can be balanced. Contrary to the pietistic chimera of the cosmopolitan theorist, even on the smaller, more practical canvas of twenty-first century economic institutional multilateralism, cooperative, collective action problem-solving will remain constrained by both national and international politics. Coordination in the global financial system is to be encouraged but responsibility for regulation will remain largely a 'host country' activity.

Routledge eBooks, Jun 28, 2005

... problems for analyses based on dependency theory." "Once the possibility that South... more ... problems for analyses based on dependency theory." "Once the possibility that South Korea might become "another Japan" is conceded ... most sophisticated and subtle analysis in section IV comes from Richard Robison in his examination of Suharto's "New Order" in Indonesia. ...

Routledge eBooks, Jul 26, 2021

Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks, Dec 31, 1991

African research & documentation, 1974

It was originally intended that this article would be the result of an informal “sounding” of a f... more It was originally intended that this article would be the result of an informal “sounding” of a few Australian academics. After several such “soundings”, it became increasingly obvious that there was sufficient interest in Africa to warrant a reasonably detailed survey of the existing situation. A short questionnaire was therefore drawn up with the hopes of obtaining the following information:(i)The names of academics and postgraduate students with a research interest in Africa.(ii)The nature of this research and any resulting publications.(iii)Courses taught in Australian universities concerning Africa, or which contained a substantial African interest, and approximate number of students involved each year.(iv)What would be the level of support for the calling of a conference/meeting of academics with an African interest?