State, Market and Society Relations: The Roaring Last Fifty Years

During the last 50 years, the world has experienced increased growth, inequality and a change in state–market–civil society relations similar to the ‘Roaring Twenties’ in the 1920s. This growing inequality can be attributed to the hegemony of neoliberalism that has been confronted by rising civil society as a ‘global conscience’ for fairer world governance. The high economic growth achieved in the emerging economies shows the centrality of the state to achieving more shared growth in developing countries. A new hybrid state–market–society alliance holds the potential for fairer global governance, checking greed and achieving equitable growth in the future

Exploring the linkages between education sector governance, inequity, conflict, and peacebuilding in South Sudan

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Newly Evolving Pastoral and Post-pastoral Rangelands of Eastern Africa

Over the past two decades, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human populations, shifting land use, expanding livestock marketing and trade, and greater investment by domestic and global capital. These trends have coincided with several large shocks that were turning points for how rangeland inhabitants make a living. As livelihoods in the region’s rangelands transform in seemingly paradoxical directions, away from customary pastoralist production systems, greater insight is required of how these transformations might affect poverty and vulnerability. This article reviews the state of what is known regarding directions of livelihood change in the rangelands of Eastern Africa, drawing on case studies of structural change in five settings in the region. It considers the implications of long-term change, as well as the emergence of very different livelihood mixes in pastoral rangelands, for efforts to reduce poverty and vulnerability in these places