The political settlements approach emerged out of a critique new institutional economics developed by Mushtaq Khan in the 1990s. Since then, has proliferated donor programming and academic scholarship on African countries. This led to some confusion about its core conceptual methodological features. Research Note starts setting our understanding provides an overview existing literature note then explores how key concept 'holding power' been employed varied ways literature, which turn various...

This article examines the political economy of grand corruption in Tanzania era rapid growth and global integration. Grand is linked to intra-elite conflicts within ruling CCM party. However, underlying dynamics these struggles how such elite politics interacts with wider process socio-economic transformation unfolding are not well understood. draws on settlements approach building an analytical framework examine four major scandals that occurred public finance from 2000 until 2014. In...

This article explores Tanzania's experience of industrial policy since independence through the concept political settlement. Higher growth in manufacturing 1996 has been seen as a vindication neoliberal policies market liberalisation. Yet, approach fails to take account important legacy state-led industrialisation under socialism and aspects economy state Tanzania that explain some longer-term constraints on industrialisation. Critical settlement relate state–capital relations distribution...

Academics in high-income countries are increasingly launching development studies programmes through online distance learning to engage practitioner-students low-income countries. Are such initiatives providing opportunities critically tackle social injustice, or merely 'mirroring' relations of global inequality and re-entrenching imperial practices? Building on recent scholarship addressing efforts 'decolonise studies' the complex power dynamics they encounter, we reflect this question by...

ABSTRACT This article examines the Access Order theories of development that have emerged as latest reformulation New Institutional Economics by Douglass North and his associates. These scholars claim theory represents a radical break from previous models institutional change in developing countries. They argue at heart is problem controlling organized violence. Two distinct social orders, Limited Open Order, solutions to endemic traces evolution these new ideas within North's how violence...

This paper presents findings from a study into the value of lecture captures for online postgraduate courses. There has been little scrutiny role on-campus capture in We addressed this gap by exploring distance learning students' perceptions through lens community inquiry framework. found that students were enthusiastic about campus due to their naturalistic lecturing style and opportunity learn vicariously. However, also expressed preferences video material was produced specifically...

Although heterosexual relationships have been evolving since the dawn of humanity, there continues to be a considerable amount inequality, toxicity, and dissatisfaction within couplings. This paper explores ways in which socially prescribed gender roles toxic masculinity contribute behaviours lead toxicity unhappiness relationships. The that this will discuss include coercive control as well physical sexual violence, all are according current literature, shockingly common Moreover, present...

This paper presents findings from a study into the value of lecture captures foronline distance learning courses. Although recording on-campus lectures for students is increasingly common, there has been little scrutiny roleof capture in online We address this gap by exploring onlinedistance students’ perceptions two types recorded media; video-to-camera and through lens Community ofInquiry (COI) Framework. The concluded that do notcontribute to creation COI as they not substantially...

"Governance for Development in Africa: Solving Collective Action Problems, by David Booth & Diana Cammack." The Journal of Studies, 50(9), pp. 1323–1324

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