Politics, social theory, history of ideas

Legitimation as Political Practice

Crafting Everyday Authority in Tanzania

Kathy Dodworth | University of Edinburgh

Bringing together extensive multidisciplinary insights into legitimacy and legitimation, this book explores the everyday making of authority in Tanzania. Analysing how non-governmental organizations work alongside government actors, it offers a globally resonant picture of local governance today.

256pp

May. 2022 9781316516515 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009030397

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Mines, Communities, and States

The Local Politics of Natural Resource Extraction in Africa

Jessica Steinberg | Indiana University, Bloomington

When do local communities benefit from natural resource extraction? This book explores why mining companies distribute benefits of mineral extraction locally, when local communities are dissatisfied and protest, and how governments respond. In this book, Jessica Steinberg focuses on Africa, where natural resources are extremely important for the national economy.

294pp

Apr. 2022 9781108701778 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Apr. 2019 9781108476935 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108638173

Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa

Extracting Money and Shaping States in Benin and Ghana

Rachel Sigman | Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

Drawing upon in-depth case studies of Benin and Ghana, Rachel Sigman explains the strategies political parties use to extract money from the state and how these strategies shape government performance. Challenging conventional views of ineffective African states, Sigman develops a nuanced understanding of ‘good governance’ in Africa.

332pp

Feb. 2023 9781009262835 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009262798

NEW IN PAPERBACK Political Violence in Kenya

Land, Elections, and Claim-Making

Kathleen Klaus | University of San Francisco

Across much of the democratizing world, land and natural resource conflict are increasingly common sources of political violence. This study helps specify the relationship between land, contested elections, and violence. It will appeal to students, scholars, and policymakers interested in democratization, human rights, and conflict mitigation.

373pp 8 b/w illus. 20 tables

Jun. 2022 9781108726467 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99

May. 2020 9781108488501 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781108764063

Roadblock Politics

The Origins of Violence in Central Africa

Peer Schouten

Using the roadblock as an entry point, Schouten delves into the turbulent history and ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR), offering a unique approach to what drives state formation and conflict in the region - one revolving around control over movement instead of territory or people.

256pp

Jan. 2022 9781108713818 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Jan. 2022 9781108494014 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99 eISBN 9781108625050

Schooling the Nation

Education and Everyday Politics in Egypt

Hania Sobhy

Drawing on rare first-hand accounts from Egyptian schools, Hania Sobhy explores how citizenship was lived, imagined, and contested before and after the 2011 uprising. She uses education as a lens to offer novel insights on everyday governance, legitimation and belonging. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Global Middle East

300pp

Dec. 2022 9781108832380 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108956031

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Science, Policy and Development in Africa

Challenges and Prospects

R. Sooryamoorthy | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Offering a comprehensive historical and empirical study of science in both colonial and postcolonial Africa, R. Sooryamoorthy brings to light the connections between science, policy and development in African nations for important insights into potential opportunities and challenges facing Africa in science, technology and development.

352pp 16 b/w illus.

Sep. 2022 9781108816144 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99

Sep. 2020 9781108842037 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108895804

The Decolonization of Knowledge

Radical Ideas and the Shaping of Institutions in South Africa and Beyond

Jonathan D. Jansen | Stellenbosch University, South Africa

This is an innovative and accessible study of how decolonization is engaged with, subverted, and transformed as a curriculum change project in universities since the #RhodesMustFall movement, based on interviews and insights from ten universities with over two hundred academic teachers.

272pp

Jun. 2022 9781009077934 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Jun. 2022 9781316514184 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 eISBN 9781009082723

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The Security Arena in Africa

Local Order-Making in the Central African Republic, Somaliland, and South Sudan

Tim Glawion

Based on in-depth fieldwork, this critical analysis of the realities of security on a local level within ‘fragile states’ provides a bottom-up perspective on discussions surrounding peace and security in Central and East Africa, with first-hand insights and vivid real-world examples from some of the hardest to reach places in the region.

274pp 16 b/w illus. 8 tables

Mar. 2022 9781108737005 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99

Jan. 2020 9781108493376 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108623629

Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda

Elusive Control before the Genocide

Marie-Eve Desrosiers | University of Ottawa

Challenging assumptions regarding authoritarian governments in Rwanda in the decades before the 1994 genocide, Marie-Eve Desrosiers uses original archival data and interviews to highlight the complex relations between authorities, opponents, and society.

African Studies

279pp

Nov. 2022 9781009224789 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009224741

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When Soldiers Rebel

Ethnic Armies and Political Instability in Africa

Kristen A. Harkness | University of St Andrews, Scotland

This book is intended for academics studying African politics, ethnic conflict, democratization, and civil-military relations. Focusing on the military, it contributes important mechanisms for understanding when and why ethnic groups rebel. Comparative case studies include Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

281pp 9 b/w illus. 17 tables

Mar. 2022 9781108435338 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Sep. 2018 9781108422475 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108500319

American government, politics, policy

Abstraction in Experimental Design

Testing the Tradeoffs

Ryan Brutger | University of California, Berkeley

This Element explores how political scientists designing experiments address how abstract their experimental stimuli should be. First, Brutger et al. provide a theoretical framework which identifies and considers the consequences of abstraction. Second, they field a range of survey experiments, varying these levels of abstraction.

Elements in Experimental Political Science

75pp

Oct. 2022 9781108995597 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108999533

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America’s Voucher Politics

How Elites Learned to Hide the State

Ursula Hackett | Royal Holloway, University of London

Drawing upon original datasets and candid interviews, Hackett explains how elites insulate their programs from legal challenge amid deepseated religious, racial, and civic controversies in American politics. With education policy as a revealing case study, this book will interest scholars across political science, law, and public policy.

290pp 30 b/w illus. 17 tables

Jan. 2022 9781108812054 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

May. 2020 9781108491419 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108868594

Closed for Democracy

How Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans

Sally A. Nuamah | Northwestern University, Illinois

This book studies the high costs and suffering associated with battles to save public schools while poor and Black in America. It is valuable for understanding how repeated political battles, even those won by the poor and minoritized, can have serious negative impacts on their relationship to democracy.

240pp

Nov. 2022 9781009247443 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99

Nov. 2022 9781009247450 Hardback GBP 70.00 / USD 90.00 eISBN 9781009247436

Defection Denied

A Study of Civilian Support for Insurgency in Irregular War

David S. Siroky | University of Essex

In an original study of civilian support for the jihadi insurgency in the Russian North Caucasus in Dagestan, this Element that assesses theories about wartime attitudes toward militant groups. We argue that sticky identities, security threats, and economic dependence curb the ability of civilians to switch loyalties.

Elements in Experimental Political Science

75pp

May. 2022 9781009016452 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009025539

Examining Motivations in Social Discussion Experiments

Elizabeth C. Connors | University of South Carolina

Does interpersonal political communication improve the quality of individual decision making. This Element argues that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved.

Elements in Experimental Political Science

75pp

Sep. 2022 9781009114288 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD

20.00 eISBN 9781009110327