African Journal of
Political Science and International Relations

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0832
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPSIR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 411

Table of Content: June 2013; 7(3)

June 2013

Revisiting state intervention: State-sponsored micro-credit and poverty reduction in Uganda

Whereas it is often argued that state intervention with credit to reduce poverty is a futile venture, our research findings in Uganda show that while this thesis may be true in some cases, it should not always be taken for granted. Hence, we argue that state-sponsored credit schemes can also perform better provided their programme designs are fortified with best practices. We demonstrate this case using a comparative...

Author(s): William Muhumuza

June 2013

Public health, genomics and biopolitics - human security vis-à-vis securing ‘exception’

‘Biopower’ has been the building block to address human beings as global mass with liberal government practices. The sovereign power continuously categorizes the population between ‘political life’ and the ‘other’ mute bearers of ‘bare life’. To ensure human security to all, threats to human security have been broadened beyond the realm of military security. Equitable...

Author(s): Arun G. Mukhopadhyay

June 2013

From Kyoto protocol to COPENHAGEN: A theoretical approach to international politics of climate change

  Industrialization, modernization and technological breakthrough are posing a greater challenge in contemporary international politics. They have paved a new dimension in the study of international relations and politics in the area of environmental security, cooperation and even interdependence. This paper is a critical theoretical approach to the study of international green politics, encompassing the nature...

Author(s): Sheriff Ghali Ibrahim and Iro Iro Uke

June 2013

Stories behind the western-led humanitarian intervention in Libya: A critical analysis

The Western-led NATO intervention in Libya attracted global attention, causing a misunderstanding of the concept of ‘humanitarian intervention’. The level of controversy is not alleged to stem from the imperative ‘to intervene or not to intervene’ but rather from the question ‘what interests were intervening states possibly pursuing’? Comments from the Western hemisphere mainly...

Author(s): Nguirane Cheikh