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In Neoliberal Frontiers, Brenda Chalfin presents an ethnographic examination of the day-to-day practices of the officials of Ghana's Customs Service, exploring the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanaian sovereignty. From the revealing vantage point of the Customs office, Chalfin discovers a fascinating inversion of our assumptions about neoliberal transformation: bureaucrats and local functionaries, government offices, checkpoints, and registries are typically held to be the targets of reform, but Chalfin finds that these figures and sites of authority act as the engine for changes in state sovereignty. Ghana has served as a model of reform for the neoliberal establishment, making it an ideal site for Chalfin to explore why the restructuring of a state on the global periphery portends shifts that occur in all corners of the world. At once a foray into international political economy, politics, and political anthropology, Neoliberal Frontiers is an innovative interdisciplinary leap forward for ethnographic writing, as well as an eloquent addition to the literature on postcolonial Africa.

1. Introduction : a relational approach to Chinese SOE globalization -- 2. Retreat of the Chinese state : history of Chinese SOEs in West Africa -- 3. African embeddedness and vulnerable Chinese -- 4. African managers and workers : workforce localization and becoming a paternalistic employer -- 5. Chinese expats : social promotion and localization in West Africa -- 6. Competing for the "Chinese community" : Chinese managerial agency -- 7. Conclusion : second-class Chinese globalizations in West Africa.

Recognizing that land rights are ambiguous, negotiable and politically embedded, these case studies explore the long-term processes and recent changes in contemporary rural West Africa affecting the conversion of control over land into social and political capital and vice versa. They point to the colonial origins of what came to be viewed as 'customary' tenure and to the legal pluralism characterizing pre-colonial tenure arrangements. Furthermore, they show the spiritual and ritual importance of land that can be converted into political power and economic prerogatives, a dimension neglected by much of the recent literature. Analyses cover forest and savannah, state and segmentary societies, facilitating comparison and insights across the Anglo-Francophone divide

This report is one of several studies conducted by UNODC on organized crime threats around the world. These studies describe what is known about the mechanics of contraband trafficking - the what, who, how, and how much of illicit flows - and discuss their potential impact on governance and development. Their primary role is diagnostic, but they also explore the implications of these findings for policy.

1. Introduction : militancy and violence in West Africa / James Gow and Funmi Olonisakin -- 2. Religion, radicalisation and violence / Abdullah bin Khaled Al-Saud and James Gow -- 3. Islamic radicalisation and violence in Nigeria / Charles Abiodun Alao -- 4. Islamic radicalisation and violence in Ghana / Emmanuel Kwesi Aning and Mustapha Abdallah -- 5. Islamic radicalisation and violence in Liberia / Thomas Jaye and Charles Abiodun Alao -- 6. Religious militancy and violence in West Africa : a study of Islam in Sierra Leone / Kevin A. O'Brien and Ismail Rashid -- 7. Beyond Anglophone West Africa : endemic conflicts and new Islamic radicalism / Ernst Dijxhoorn and Boubacar N'Diaye -- 8. The regional and international implications of radicalisation and violent extremism in West Africa / Olawale Ismail.

Title Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENDING EXPLANATIONS OF STATE WEAKNESS AND COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND STATE FORMATION IN PRECOLONIAL AFRICA -- NON-DEVELOPMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND STATE COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT AND DYNAMICS OF THE CONFLICTS IN WEST AFRICA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN LIBERIA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN SIERRA LEONE -- STATE FAILURE AND CIVIL WAR IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN IVORY COAST -- GUINEA: A FAILING STATE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.