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Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan (2024)
Thesis
Kato, H. Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis, grounded in primary research conducted in North Kordofan, Sudan, examines how Sudan’s rural labour regimes perpetuate and regenerate violence through what it introduces as ‘categorical violence’. This framework explores how classificatio... Read More about Rural Labour Regimes in North Kordofan: Work, Family, and Categorical Violence in Sudan.

Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018 (2024)
Thesis
Mas Aparisi, A. P. Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

There is a pervasive assumption that there is very limited room for evidence-informed policymaking in most African countries, because of the clientelistic nature of their regime. The thesis tests this assumption by looking at the longue durée history... Read More about Coffee makers: how politics, economics, and evidence shaped coffee policy in Ethiopia, 1950-2018.

Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area (2024)
Thesis
Yakubu, K. N. Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Studies on security and governance are widespread across the global south and often focus on how power is distributed and transferred from states to nonstate actors. However, they rarely examine actual governance practises or the more specific logic... Read More about Governance And Security In Africa: Beyond The State: Non-State Actors and Security in Nigeria: a Case Of Yen Kato Da Gora in Kaduna Urban Area.