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A Framework For Managing Environmental Policy In Nigeria, Felix Moses Edoho 2025 University of Dayton

A Framework For Managing Environmental Policy In Nigeria, Felix Moses Edoho

Journal of African Policy Studies

This paper examines environmental issues in Nigeria. It argues that there is the need for public commitment to effective management of environmental policies in Nigeria. The paper provided a management framework that could be used by the Nigerian government for the effective implementation of their environmental policies. The underlying rationale is that any goal-oriented environmental policy must have management at its core. It is argued that regardless of their levels of sophistication, environmental policies are unlikely to be successful without a corresponding management infrastructure. Establishing effective management infrastructure for the implementation of environmental policies, in turn, requires political leadership and …


Environmental Policy In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Francois N. Muyumba 2025 University of Dayton

Environmental Policy In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Francois N. Muyumba

Journal of African Policy Studies

This paper explores the dynamics of environmental policy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It argues that the constituents of the policy and policy analysis itself must be judiciously and critically comprehensive in their overall scope, so as to encompass the fullness of the problem at hand. It stress that it is imperative for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to tighten up slackness extended to international companies operating and polluting the nation. This slackness in environmental policy enforcement is the reason why foreign companies do not observe or respect the nations' policies and laws. This paper is …


Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute on African Affairs 2025 University of Dayton

Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute On African Affairs

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Feminism, Children And Environmental Policy In Zimbabwe, Saliwe Kawewe 2025 University of Dayton

Feminism, Children And Environmental Policy In Zimbabwe, Saliwe Kawewe

Journal of African Policy Studies

This study utilizes a feminist perspective in demonstrating how gender intersects with socioeconomic forces of over a century of patriarchal environmental endeavors such as global modernization: imperialism and colonialism as conditions that have historically perpetuated environmental degradation in Zimbabwe as elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. The study examines how environmental policies of both pre and post independent Zimbabwe have had devastating consequences on the poor and marginalized, particularly women and girl children of this Third World in the nation. Additionally, the study proposes gender mainstreaming as a social networking model for socioeconomic and environmental sustainability through grassroots indigenous participation, capacity building, …


Beyond The ‘Berlin Conference/Oau Framework’: A Pan-African Analysis Of Africa’S Security Crisis, Boubacar N'Diaye 2025 University of Dayton

Beyond The ‘Berlin Conference/Oau Framework’: A Pan-African Analysis Of Africa’S Security Crisis, Boubacar N'Diaye

Journal of African Policy Studies

The analysis of the security, civil-military relations, and governance crises in Africa generally takes for granted the post-colonial arrangement and uses the nation-state as the unit of analysis. Invariably, the prescriptions never go beyond the confines of what could be dubbed the "Berlin Confcrence/OAU framework." The daunting security challenges Africa faces as the 21st century gets under way necessitate bold, "off the beaten path" analysis and solution that move beyond this framework and the restrictions of the antiquated principles and notions on which it is predicated: the sacrosanct national sovereignty and the "national" army as its symbol. In light of …


State Integrity And Democratic Governance: The Security Implications Of Liberalization Policies In Africa, Earl Conteh-Morgan 2025 University of Dayton

State Integrity And Democratic Governance: The Security Implications Of Liberalization Policies In Africa, Earl Conteh-Morgan

Journal of African Policy Studies

This article examines the levels of security/insecurity-related issues in Africa within the context of political and economic liberalization policies. It is argued that the interactive effects of internal and external systemic developments that characterize globalization processes have had serious "security" implications for governance in Africa. The indicators of insecurity and immiseration imply that Africa needs to reevaluate its approach to development in relation to the combined effects of national and international imperatives.


The Tortured Road Towards Peace In The Western Sahara, Festus Ohaegbulam 2025 University of Dayton

The Tortured Road Towards Peace In The Western Sahara, Festus Ohaegbulam

Journal of African Policy Studies

This paper attempts to provide a succinct background to the origins of the conflict in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, between the Kingdom of Morocco and nationalists of the territory. It identifies the broad regional and international ramifications of the continuing conflict, which began in 1975, and describes efforts made by the Organization of African Unity [OAU] and the United Nations to resolve the conflict. It focuses most of its analysis on the major obstacles to the conflict's resolution, particularly the policy of the United States. The analysis shows that the greatest obstacle to the resolution of the conflict …


African Security In The Information Age, Uri J. Fisher, M. Shane Smith 2025 University of Dayton

African Security In The Information Age, Uri J. Fisher, M. Shane Smith

Journal of African Policy Studies

This article examines Africa's place in the information revolution and the security implications that flow from this relationship. All states in Africa now have Internet access, although the continent is still characterized by a lack of infrastructure, resources, and technology. We examine the many initiatives underway in Africa aimed at enhancing information and communication technologies. The African Network Initiative, the African Information Society Initiative, and UNESCO's Regional Information Network for Africa are only a few of the many that are trying to increase the continent's connectivity. Increased African security in economic and military matters will be dependent on the continent's …


Warlords, Resources And War In Africa: Who Arms, Who Pays And Who Trains?, Rasheed Draman 2025 University of Dayton

Warlords, Resources And War In Africa: Who Arms, Who Pays And Who Trains?, Rasheed Draman

Journal of African Policy Studies

Since the end of the Cold War, the nature of conflict has changed. A disturbing trend that has emerged with that change is warlords/rebel movements, resources, and greed. Today most conflicts are not driven by "loud discourse of grievance" but by the "silent voice of greed." While it is evident that most warlords rely on the resources they capture, they also rely on external governments to finance their war effort. This policy-oriented paper adds to the ongoing policy and academic debate by focusing mainly on the sources of arms, financial resources, and logistics for rebel movements, particularly in Africa. The …


Introduction To This Special Issue Of Joaps: Dynamics Of Conflict, Peace, And Security In Africa, Earl Conteh-Morgan 2025 University of Dayton

Introduction To This Special Issue Of Joaps: Dynamics Of Conflict, Peace, And Security In Africa, Earl Conteh-Morgan

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Geopolitics In Africa’S Great Lakes Region, Gilbert M. Khadiagala 2025 University of Dayton

Geopolitics In Africa’S Great Lakes Region, Gilbert M. Khadiagala

Journal of African Policy Studies

This paper examines the civil war in the Congo since the late 1990s through regional and national lenses. It contends that Congo's problems are not unique; instead, they reflect a larger phenomenon of the lack of synergy between geography and politics in the Great Lakes region. The stabilization of power in geographical spaces is the puzzle of building institutions not just in the Congo, but also among its equally weak neighbors.


Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute on African Affairs 2025 University of Dayton

Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute On African Affairs

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Okpete R. Kanu 2025 Fort Valley State University

Book Reviews, Okpete R. Kanu

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Repugnancy Test (Policy) And The Impact Of Colonially Imposed Laws On The Growth Of Nigeria’S Native Justice Systems, Nonso Okeresfoezeke 2025 University of Dayton

Repugnancy Test (Policy) And The Impact Of Colonially Imposed Laws On The Growth Of Nigeria’S Native Justice Systems, Nonso Okeresfoezeke

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Public Policy And Social Welfare Programs In Zimbabwe: An Evaluation Of Esap, Robert Dibie, Saliwe M. Kawewe 2025 University of Dayton

Public Policy And Social Welfare Programs In Zimbabwe: An Evaluation Of Esap, Robert Dibie, Saliwe M. Kawewe

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Public Policy, Domestic Politics And Foreign Policy In Africa, Kelechi A. Kalu 2025 University of Dayton

Public Policy, Domestic Politics And Foreign Policy In Africa, Kelechi A. Kalu

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Globalization On Africa In The Twenty-First Century, Njujung Julius Bekong 2025 University of Dayton

The Impact Of Globalization On Africa In The Twenty-First Century, Njujung Julius Bekong

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute on African Affairs 2025 University of Dayton

Cover And Table Of Contents, Institute On African Affairs

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Democratic Debate: A Comparative Study Of Presidential And Parliamentary Systems In Southeast Asia, Alexander LaCourse 2025 Bridgewater State University

Democratic Debate: A Comparative Study Of Presidential And Parliamentary Systems In Southeast Asia, Alexander Lacourse

Honors Program Theses and Projects

With the rapid rise in democracies around the world, the debate over the structure of government has become increasingly relevant and more complex. The dominance of the presidential and parliamentary democratic systems has given rise to a dispute regarding public representation over governmental efficiency and vice versa. As the very essence of democracy is “rule by the people”, the effectiveness of a democratic state can theoretically be measured through factors that are conducive to the people’s ability to effectively give their opinion on political matters. These factors include the political rights that allow a person to vote and to what …


Recent U.S. Government Policy Literature On Critical And Strategic Minerals, Bert Chapman 2025 Purdue University

Recent U.S. Government Policy Literature On Critical And Strategic Minerals, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Critical and strategic minerals have become increasingly important in U.S. government civilian and military policymaking in recent years. This is demonstrated by the heavy use of such minerals in many critical civilian and military infrastructures. This work will discuss how this subject has been addressed in laws, presidential documents, and works by government agencies along with congressional oversight committees and support agencies. It will stress how the United States is heavily dependent on strategic minerals from adversarial foreign countries such as China and will examine U.S. efforts to increase its ability to produce such materials in the United States by …


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