The Governance, Security and Development Nexus: Africa Rising

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Exploring the Governance, Security and Development Nexus: Africa Rising?  (Kenneth Omeje)....Pages 3-30
 Interrogating the Political Economy of Africa Rising: Who Are the “African Tigers”?  (Temitope J. Laniran)....Pages 31-56
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 Africa-EU Relations and the Politics of International Development  (Ibrahim Bangura)....Pages 59-75
 Africa–US Relations: The Politics of Trade, Investment and Security  (Taiwo Owoeye)....Pages 77-96
 The Political Economy of Africa’s Relations with China  (Asebe Regassa Debelo)....Pages 97-111
 Foreign Direct Investments and Africa Rising: A Critical Assessment  (Onyukwu E. Onyukwu, Uchenna A. Nnamani)....Pages 113-129
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 Regional Trade and Security Cooperation: A Case Study of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)  (Ibrahim Bangura)....Pages 133-150
 Trade and Security Cooperation in the SADC Region: Optimising the Developmental Role of Paradiplomacy  (Nolubabalo Lulu Magam)....Pages 151-170
 Trade and Security Cooperation in the Arab Maghreb Union Region  (Hamdy A. Hassan)....Pages 171-191
 The Boko Haram Insurgency and Regional Security in the Lake Chad Basin: Understanding the Growth and Development Consequences  (Usman A. Tar, Samuel Baba Ayegba)....Pages 193-212
 The AU, RECs, and the Politics of Security Regionalism in Africa  (Sabastiano Rwengabo)....Pages 213-233
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 Ethiopia’s Economic Growth in the Context of the Africa Rising Debate  (Yohannes Tekalign)....Pages 237-251
 The Price of Progress: Economic Growth, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights in Rwanda  (Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, Hilde Geens)....Pages 253-271
 State-Society Relations and State Capacity in Somalia  (Abdullahi Mohammed Odowa)....Pages 273-293
 Emerging from the Doldrums? Governance and Politics in Eritrea  (Redie Bereketeab)....Pages 295-313
 The Giant of Africa? Explaining the Nigerian Governance, Security, and Development Paradox  (Bashir Bala, Usman A. Tar)....Pages 315-339
 The Conflicts in the DRC: Wider Ramifications for the African Great Lakes Region  (Joseph Lansana Kormoh)....Pages 341-353
 The “Africa Rising” Paradox, Human Trafficking, and Perilous Migration Across the Sahara and the Mediterranean to Europe  (Anne Kubai)....Pages 355-370
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 From the Narrative of “Africa Rising” to “How Africa Can Arise”: The Macro-Economic Imperatives  (Temitope J. Laniran, Kenneth Omeje)....Pages 373-397