Based on the authors' work in Latin America and Africa, this article describes and applies the
concept 'structural vulnerability'to the challenges of clinical care and healthcare advocacy for …

Making Citizens in Africa argues that citizenship creation and expansion is a pivotal part of
political contestation in Africa today. Citizenship is a powerful analytical tool with which to …

Language is political in Ethiopia because it has both structured and symbolized the nation-
building project, and because, in the context of limited resources, any language policy …

Summary⚫ The pardon and release of thirty-eight political detainees, mostly from the
leadership of the main opposition party, may give impetus to political negotiations in …

The literature on democratisation in diverse and divided societies suggests that procedural
and institutional innovations can help create the conditions for democracy by adjudicating …

A comparison of recent contested elections in Kenya and Ethiopia points to divergences in
the forms of political violence. While both countries saw the use of excessive force by …

In light of global reforms to speed up local integration in protracted refugee settings,
refugees and host communities need more capacity-building support around natural …

Recent scholarship on the institutionalization of politics in Africa has highlighted the
consolidation of constitutional leadership turnover in electoral democracies. However …

Why do plans for federalism after civil wars so often fail to bring about territorial
decentralization in ethnically divided societies? Among power-sharing options available to …

Kenya maintains an extraordinary treatment gap for mental health services because the
need for and availability of mental health services are extraordinarily misaligned. One way to …