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Criminality at Shopping Malls: A South African Perspective 商场犯罪:南非视角
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231221167
N. Lallupersad, D. Govender
A sharp rise in crimes at shopping malls in KwaZulu-Natal and other provinces around the country has prompted shopping mall owners to keep shopping malls safe. Some of the crimes that shopping malls experience include armed robberies, common robberies, parking lot crimes (theft from motor vehicles), assaults, store holdups, shoplifting and property crimes. Shoppers and retailers at malls are concerned about their safety. Criminals commit crimes for numerous reasons, and the situations are always different. The purpose of this article was to assess the crime risks at these malls so that the malls can be made safe, secure and a pleasant environment for all. The Criminal Opportunity Theory served as the basis for this study. A qualitative case study design was used in this study. One-on-one interviews, observation and criminal case docket analysis were used to collect data. Nine shopping malls, 30 criminal case dockets and 30 participants were purposively sampled, based on specific criteria. The collected data were thematically analysed and interpreted. It was found that there was a great need for both violent and nonviolent crimes to be reduced at shopping malls. The study showed that security measures should be enhanced to deter potential criminals and mitigate the risk of criminal activities.
夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省和全国其他省份购物中心的犯罪率急剧上升,这促使购物中心业主必须确保购物中心的安全。购物中心发生的一些犯罪包括持械抢劫、普通抢劫、停车场犯罪(盗窃机动车)、袭击、抢劫商店、商店盗窃和财产犯罪。购物中心的顾客和零售商都很担心自己的安全。犯罪分子犯罪的原因很多,情况也总是各不相同。本文的目的是评估这些商场的犯罪风险,从而使商场变得安全可靠,为所有人提供一个舒适的环境。犯罪机会理论是本研究的基础。本研究采用了定性案例研究设计。通过一对一访谈、观察和刑事案件卷宗分析来收集数据。根据特定标准,有目的性地抽取了 9 个商场、30 份刑事案件卷宗和 30 名参与者。对收集到的数据进行了专题分析和解释。研究发现,商场亟需减少暴力和非暴力犯罪。研究表明,应加强安全措施,以威慑潜在的犯罪分子,降低犯罪活动的风险。
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Assessing the Impact of Trade Policies on Growth and Development of the Manufacturing and Agricultural Sectors in Nigeria 评估贸易政策对尼日利亚制造业和农业增长与发展的影响
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231217956
Felix Ibeh
This article examines the impact of trade policies in Nigeria (1960–2022) on the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. To set the context, I have grouped the trade policy periods into two categories: (a) the pre–structural adjustment programme (SAP) era (1960–1985) and (b) the post-SAP era (1986–2022). I have then examined economic data and all the existing literature to understand the pattern of manufacturing and agricultural outputs during these policy periods. Pre-SAP and post-SAP trade policies show a shift from protectionism to liberalisation, moderately improving agricultural and industrial sectors but still facing obstacles. Despite policies and agreements to improve trade, economic development remains unrealised. This study demonstrated that trade policies have led to erratic progress in both the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, consequently making a lesser contribution to the overall Nigerian development. Within this debate, three different schools of thought can be distinguished. The first school of thought holds that trade policy reforms benefit the growth of Nigerian manufacturing and agricultural sectors. The second school of thought contends that trade policy reforms (such as trade liberalisation) have a detrimental effect on industrial and agricultural sectors. The third school of thought argues that there is no proof or substantial linkage between trade policy reforms and the productivity and growth of manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Nevertheless, to benefit from trade liberalisation, this article identifies the need to revise the Nigerian trade policy as well as stabilise foreign exchange rates to advance and boost local manufacturing and agricultural sectors and promote active participation in trade agreements and policies.
本文探讨了尼日利亚贸易政策(1960-2022 年)对制造业和农业部门的影响。为了确定背景,我将贸易政策时期分为两类:(a) 结构调整方案前时期(1960-1985 年)和(b) 结构调整方案后时期(1986-2022 年)。然后,我研究了经济数据和所有现有文献,以了解这些政策时期的制造业和农业产出模式。前《附加议定书》时期和后《附加议定书》时期的贸易政策显示出从保护主义向自由化的转变,农业和工业部门得到适度改善,但仍面临障碍。尽管有改善贸易的政策和协议,但经济发展仍未实现。本研究表明,贸易政策导致农业和制造业部门的进展不稳定,因此对尼日利亚整体发展的贡献较小。在这场辩论中,可以区分出三种不同的观点。第一派认为,贸易政策改革有利于尼日利亚制造业和农业部门的发展。第二种观点认为,贸易政策改革(如贸易自由化)会对工农业部门产生不利影响。第三种观点认为,贸易政策改革与制造业和农业部门的生产力和增长之间没有证据或实质性联系。然而,为了从贸易自由化中获益,本文认为有必要修订尼日利亚的贸易政策并稳定外汇汇率,以推动和促进当地制造业和农业部门的发展,并促进其积极参与贸易协定和政策。
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Book review: Adetokunbo Johnson and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz (Ed.), COVID-19 and Women’s Intersectionalities in Africa 书评:Adetokunbo Johnson 和 Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz(编辑),COVID-19 和非洲妇女的交叉性
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212123
Ankur Srivastava
Adetokunbo Johnson and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz (Ed.), COVID-19 and Women’s Intersectionalities in Africa, Pretoria UniversitZy Law Press (PULP), 2023, 279 pp.
Adetokunbo Johnson 和 Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz(编辑),《COVID-19 与非洲妇女的交叉性》,比勒陀利亚大学法律出版社(PULP),2023 年,279 页。
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Book review: Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women’s Political Representation in Africa 书评:Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women's Political Representation in Africa
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212121
Tara Shanker Chaudhary
Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women’s Political Representation in Africa, Zed Books and Nordic Africa Institute, 2020, pp. 272, 90$.
Diana Højlund Madsen (Ed.), Gendered Institutions and Women's Political Representation in Africa, Zed Books and Nordic Africa Institute, 2020, pp.
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Book review: Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, African Identities and International Politics 书评:Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere,《非洲身份与国际政治
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231212881
Rajneesh Kumar Gupta
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere, African Identities and International Politics, Routledge Publication, 2023, pp. 159, £130.00.
Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere,《非洲身份与国际政治》,Routledge 出版社,2023 年,第 159 页,130.00 英镑。
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Foreign Aid, Political Power and FDI: Do Aid-dependent Institutions Facilitate Investment in Africa? 外国援助、政治权力和外国直接投资:依赖援助的机构是否促进了对非洲的投资?
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209921
Dongni Wang, Carmen Fillat-Castejon
In this article, we examine the nexus between foreign development assistance and the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) through a de facto political power, as an aid-seeking and likely aid-dependent group. We apply structural equation modelling to investigate the direct and indirect effect of aid on FDI via economic institutions for a sample of 42 African countries from 2002 to 2016. Our results corroborate a direct positive effect of aid and institutions on FDI as a productive financial source. However, an aid-dependent de facto political power does not improve the economic institutions, and within a broad institutional context, it may even worsen them, evidencing the indirect effect of reducing a country’s attractiveness for FDI. This study offers robust evidence under different specifications and variables of institutions in addition to several controls for political and strategic interests and economic conditions. We ultimately develop a model explaining why aid barely makes any contribution to institutional reforms. In countries that are heavily dependent on aid, the beneficiary group is discouraged from improving institutional qualities as the source of benefits would be discontinued.
在本文中,我们考察了外国发展援助与通过事实上的政治力量吸引外国直接投资(FDI)之间的关系,作为寻求援助和可能依赖援助的群体。我们运用结构方程模型,以2002年至2016年42个非洲国家为样本,研究了援助对通过经济机构进行的外国直接投资的直接和间接影响。我们的研究结果证实了援助和制度对外国直接投资作为一种生产性资金来源的直接积极影响。然而,依赖援助的事实上的政治权力并不能改善经济制度,在广泛的制度背景下,它甚至可能使经济制度恶化,这证明了降低一个国家对外国直接投资的吸引力的间接影响。除了对政治战略利益和经济条件的若干控制外,本研究还在不同的制度规范和变量下提供了强有力的证据。我们最终建立了一个模型来解释为什么援助对制度改革几乎没有任何贡献。在严重依赖援助的国家,受益群体不愿改进体制素质,因为福利的来源将会停止。
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India’s Export Potential to Southern African Customs Union 印度对南部非洲关税同盟的出口潜力
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231203997
Jai Prakash Yadav, Bimlesh Singh
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a prominent economic association of the African continent. SACU comprises five southern African countries: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The overall value of India’s trade with SACU increased from $1,477.52 million in 2001 to $1,0941.24 million in 2020, an almost sixfold increase. The export increased almost tenfold between 2001 and 2020, from US$ 343.49 million to US$ 3,760.94 million. In order to increase India’s trade with SACU, the Indian-SACU PTA negotiations are now ongoing. This article examines India’s export potential to SACU nations using the revealed comparative advantage index, the revealed import dependency index, and the Potential bilateral trade equation. The study shows India has trade potential with all SACU member states. Still, it has only utilised this potential with South Africa. India has not taken advantage of the vast potential of exporting its goods to SACU countries except South Africa. The trade intensity index indicates that India’s export and import intensities with SACU have increased over time.
南部非洲关税同盟(SACU)是非洲大陆一个重要的经济协会。南部非洲合作联盟由五个南部非洲国家组成:南非、博茨瓦纳、纳米比亚、莱索托和斯威士兰。印度与中南合作联盟的贸易总额从2001年的147752万美元增加到2020年的10941.24万美元,几乎增长了六倍。从2001年到2020年,出口增长了近10倍,从3.3449亿美元增加到37.6094亿美元。为了增加印度与南共体的贸易,印度-南共体PTA谈判正在进行中。本文利用显性比较优势指数、显性进口依赖指数和潜在双边贸易方程考察了印度对中南合作联盟国家的出口潜力。研究表明,印度与所有南共体成员国都有贸易潜力。不过,中国只在与南非的合作中发挥了这一潜力。印度没有利用向南非以外的南亚合作联盟国家出口商品的巨大潜力。贸易强度指数表明,印度与SACU的出口和进口强度随着时间的推移而增加。
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Proxy Neo-colonialism? The Case of Wagner Group in the Central African Republic 代理新殖民主义?中非共和国瓦格纳集团案例
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209705
Bohumil Doboš, Alexander Purton
Central African Republic is a fragile state mired in internal instability and external interventions. The article presents the case of Russian involvement in the country. It argues that the utilisation of the Wagner Group is setting up proxy neo-colonial ties between the regime and Moscow. The political elite in the Central African Republic is protected against a possible takeover by rebel troops or an army coup and the external benefactor is allowed to export the sought-after natural resources and gather some diplomatic support. The relationship thus clearly follows the neo-colonial pattern rather than developing the state capacities.
中非共和国是一个深陷内部不稳定和外部干预的脆弱国家。文章介绍了俄罗斯介入该国的案例。文章认为,瓦格纳集团的利用正在中非共和国政权与莫斯科之间建立起代理新殖民主义关系。中非共和国的政治精英得到了保护,以防叛军或军队政变夺取政权,而外部援助者则可以出口所需的自然资源,并获得一些外交支持。因此,这种关系显然遵循的是新殖民主义模式,而不是发展国家能力。
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Constitutional and Legislative Frameworks for the Local Sphere of Government in South Africa: Analytical and Interpretive Perspective 南非地方政府领域的宪法和立法框架:分析与解释视角
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231211887
D. N. Mlambo, M. H. Maserumule
After many years of apartheid rule, South Africa held its first democratic elections in 1994. As evident in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996, a commitment to establish developmental and human rights became an imperative doctrine. Three government spheres were established here: national, provincial and local. The latter is the sphere closest to the public and is constitutionally mandated to render and deliver sustainable essential services. Since 1994, significant strides have been made by the local sphere of government with both successes and failures. South Africa’s legal and policy framework transformation took place between 1993 and 2000 through changes in legislation, proclamations, white papers and by-laws. However, the elements of bad governance since 1994 have created a loss of confidence and service delivery hindrances in South African local government. Much of the population, especially the previously marginalised, face inadequate health services, unclean water and poorly maintained infrastructure and housing because some state institutions have become paralysed due to corruption and maladministration. This article aims to delve into the constitutional and legislative framework of local government in South Africa. The premise from which this article moves is that the quality of governance at the local government level directly impacts service delivery and is, therefore, critical to understanding some of the constitutional and legislative underpinnings driving local government. Municipalities should ensure that all actions and conducts comply with the statutes (acts of parliament, legislations and laws) and regulatory documents (white papers, official rules and regulations and by-laws) to local government.
经过多年的种族隔离统治,南非于 1994 年举行了首次民主选举。正如 1996 年《南非共和国宪法》所表明的那样,致力于建立发展和人权已成为当务之急。宪法规定了三个政府领域:国家、省和地方。后者是最接近公众的领域,宪法授权其提供可持续的基本服务。自 1994 年以来,地方政府领域取得了长足的进步,其中既有成功也有失败。1993 至 2000 年间,南非通过修改立法、公告、白皮书和细则,实现了法律和政策框架的转型。然而,1994 年以来的不良治理因素使南非地方政府丧失了信心,并阻碍了服务的提供。由于一些国家机构因腐败和管理不善而陷入瘫痪,许多人,尤其是以前被边缘化的人,面临着医疗服务不足、水质不洁、基础设施和住房维护不善等问题。本文旨在深入探讨南非地方政府的宪法和立法框架。本文的前提是,地方政府的治理质量直接影响到服务的提供,因此,了解推动地方政府发展的一些宪法和立法基础至关重要。市政当局应确保所有行动和行为都符合地方政府的法规(议会法案、立法和法律)和规范性文件(白皮书、正式规则和条例以及细则)。
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Nigeria in ECOWAS Politics: Major Contributions, Dividends and Setbacks 西非经共体政治中的尼日利亚:主要贡献、红利和挫折
IF 0.8 Q1 Arts and Humanities Pub Date : 2023-11-26 DOI: 10.1177/09750878231209706
Segun Oshewolo, A. Azeez, O. Adesanya, T. Oladipo, O. Olaleye, Opeyemi Ade-Ibijola
This article examines Nigeria’s interventions in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Relying on data from key ranking bodies, memoirs of retired career ambassadors, general library materials and thematic data analysis, the study observes that Nigeria’s interventions in ECOWAS have not only been remarkable, they have also allowed the country to consolidate its position as the undisputed leader in West Africa. While the platform of ECOWAS has allowed Nigeria to pursue some noble objectives, there are some inconveniences associated with this policy orientation. These contradictions, which have sometimes constrained Nigeria’s diplomacy in West Africa and contracted the returns, include the anti-Nigerian sentiments from some Francophone members of ECOWAS, occasional unfriendly attitude of some small West African countries, and Nigeria’s worsening security challenges that are now spilling into neighbouring countries. Appropriate policy measures are also provided to counteract these contradictions.
本文探讨了尼日利亚在西非国家经济共同体(西非经共体)中的干预行动。根据主要排名机构提供的数据、退休职业大使的回忆录、一般图书馆资料和专题数据分析,本研究认为,尼日利亚在西非国家经济共同体中的干预不仅引人注目,而且还使该国巩固了其作为西非无可争议的领导者的地位。虽然西非经共体这一平台使尼日利亚得以追求一些崇高目标,但这一政策取向也带来了一些不便。这些矛盾有时制约了尼日利亚在西非的外交活动,并使其回国受到影响,其中包括西非经共体一些法语国家成员的反尼日利亚情绪,西非一些小国偶尔表现出的不友好态度,以及尼日利亚日益恶化的安全挑战,这些挑战现已蔓延到邻国。还提供了适当的政策措施来应对这些矛盾。
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