Ziyanda Stuurman analyses the militarisation of policing of communities in Brazil and South Africa and how this is shaped by racial, gender, and class factors; Natalie Zähringer and Malte Brosig discuss ‘organised hypocrisy’ in a study of the African Union’s enactment of the responsibility to protect norm; and Odilile Ayodele considers Africa’s relationship with the global information society, positing a ‘new information feudalism’ exists. Additional articles in this issue explore the implications for individuals of the immunity of international financial institutions, and regional implications of Ethiopia’s recent reforms, plus six book reviews.
For the full line-up of the issue, please see below:
Original articles
Organised hypocrisy in the African Union: The responsibility to protect as a contested norm
By Natalie Zähringer and Malte Brosig
Ethiopian reforms and the resolution of uncertainty in the Horn of Africa state system
By Namhla Thando Matshanda
By Ziyanda Stuurman
The new information feudalism: Africa’s relationship with the global information society
By Odilile Ayodele
By Mmiselo Freedom Qumba
Book reviews
The Relevance of Regions in a Globalized World: Bridging the Social Sciences–Humanities Gap
Reviewed by Daniel C. Bach
Global Diplomacy and International Society / Global South Perspectives on Diplomacy
Reviewed by Sven Botha
Contemporary Nigerian Politics: Competition in a Time of Transition and Terror
Reviewed by Victor Adetula
Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration and the Fate of Western Democracy
Reviewed by Zaheera Jinnah
Governance and the Postcolony: Views from Africa
Reviewed by Tania Coetzee
Extremisms in Africa (volume 2)
Reviewed by Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
Note to reviewers
A word of thanks – To the Peer Reviewers of SAJIA Volume 26 (2019)
