African Journal of
Political Science and International Relations

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0832
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 409

Table of Content: October 2009; 3(10)

October 2009

The challenges of regional integration in Southern Africa

Regional integration is increasingly being accepted as essential in facilitating economic and political development. Yet dominant development theories informing policy have yet to integrate ‘integration theory’ into their models. In Southern Africa, the attempt to achieve regional integration using ‘disintegrative’ development models has led to paralysis and pain. This paper highlights this...

Author(s): Mark Chingono and Steve Nakana

October 2009

Regional conflict resolution mechanisms: A comparative analysis of two African security complexes

The need for regional organizations to take up the resolution of the conflicts in their region or security complex has become important especially following the end of the cold war. Two regional security complexes in Africa, namely ECOWAS and SADC are examined in the light of conflicts erupting in their regions - Liberia and Sierra Leone in the ECOWAS and Lesotho and DR Congo in the SADC sub regions. The paper examines...

Author(s): Essuman-Johnson A.

October 2009

The role approach as a theoretical framework for the analysis of foreign policy in third world countries

The study of foreign policy usually focuses on the foreign policy of strong states. It is less common to analyze the foreign policy of Third World countries, not only because Third World countries are regarded as too weak and vulnerable to be influential externally, but also because finding an appropriate theoretical framework for the study of foreign policy in Third World countries is an extremely complex task. Against...

Author(s): Sofiane Sekhri    

October 2009

Globalisation of the Nile perch: Assessing the socio-cultural implications of the Lake Victoria fishery in Uganda

This is a review article that combines research findings to highlight the negative effects of Uganda’s adoption of the liberalization policies in its fisheries sector. Using Lake Victoria as a case study, the paper discusses the impact of a liberalised fisheries industry on the socio-cultural landscape of small-scale/artisanal fishers and fishery-dependent communities in Uganda. Dominated by the Nile perch,...

Author(s): Kayiso Fulgencio    

October 2009

The privatized state and mass poverty in Nigeria: The factor of economic development programmes since 1980s

The Nigeria state has adopted many development options since 1960. In-built in these options are numerous poverty alleviation programmes aimed at reducing and or eradicating poverty within a given time frame. It is paradoxical that while these programmes are on course, poverty level grows geometrically. This paper explores the phenomenon with a view to establish the primary factor responsible for it and to establish...

Author(s): Malachy Chukwuemeka Eze    

October 2009

‘Crime’, poverty, political corruption and conflict In apartheid and post apartheid South Africa: The implications on economic development

The transition to a democratic, elected, non-racial government, which set in motion in early 1990, stirred a debate on the course of economic policies to accomplish sustained economic growth, while at the same time remedying the poverty, and other socio economic discrepancies generated by apartheid government. These include inequality and unemployment (particularly in the black South Africans), corruption, rash in...

Author(s): Brian-Vincent Ikejiaku