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Robert Ahearne
Bio: Robert Ahearne is an academic researcher from University of East London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sovereignty & State (polity). The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 21 citations.
Topics: Sovereignty, State (polity), Citizenship, Oral history
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TL;DR: The authors argue that these struggles are about various articulations of resource sovereignty, and that they should be located less in questions of resource control, than in a historical marginalisation of the south, or what has been called a hidden agenda, that privileges urban centres to the north.
Abstract: Recent discoveries of oil and natural gas across East Africa have provoked a wave of political optimism fuelled by imaginaries of future development Tanzania is a paragon of this trend; its government having asserted its potential to become a globally significant natural gas producer within a decade Yet, this rhetorical promise has been countered by a series of violent confrontations that have taken place between state forces and residents of southern Tanzania Although these struggles are about various articulations of resource sovereignty, this paper argues that they should be located less in questions of resource control, than in a historical marginalisation of the south, or what has been called a ‘hidden agenda’, that privileges urban centres to the north Drawing on original qualitative data generated over three years in Mtwara and Lindi regions, it shows how gas discoveries reveal the fault lines in the construction of an inclusive ‘Tanzanian’ citizenship Protesters counter-narrate their sense of citizenship with insurgent strategies ranging from strike action to calls for secession In short, natural gas discoveries actually extend the fragmentation of an already ‘differentiated citizenship’ Studies of resource conflict and sovereignty, we conclude, should pay more attention to the contested nature of citizenship
29 citations
TL;DR: Rethinking development in Africa as discussed by the authors, an oral history approach from Botoku, Rural Ghana Komla Tsey Bameda, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing, 2011, pp. iv++167, ISBN 9956726508
Abstract: Rethinking Development in Africa – An Oral History Approach from Botoku, Rural Ghana Komla Tsey Bameda, Cameroon: Langaa Research and Publishing, 2011, pp. iv + 167, ISBN 9956726508 In spite of a g...
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TL;DR: Tanzanian GDP growth rate of 6.3 percent in 2004 was well above the rate achieved in South Africa (3.7 percent) and achieved the best annual growth rate in the world.
Abstract: Since the 1990s, the per capita GDP in Tanzania has been increasing and Tanzania’s growth trend has been impressive. The annual GDP growth has averaged 6.4 percent between 2000 and 2004 and exceeded seven percent in 2002 and 2003 (Figure 2, Real GDP Growth). Tanzania’s growth rate of 6.3 percent in 2004 was well above the rate achieved in South Africa (3.7 percent). This strong growth performance reflects the fruits of responsible monetary and fiscal policy, concerted reforms, rapid export growth, and significant debt relief.
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TL;DR: This paper examined Tanzania's re-adoption of resource nationalism to understand how the government was able to institutionalise the reforms and found that Magufuli used resource nationalism as a political strategy to both secure a stronghold in party and national politics and legitimise his economic policy.
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