CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 3 & 4, 2012

Abstract

Editorial: Extending the Frontiers of Social Sciences Research ……...........................................................................1

New Directions and Priorities for Research in Africa: Some Think Pieces Extending the Frontiers of Social Science Research and Bringing Social Research to Public Issues, Ebrima Sall ............................... 3

Historical Research with Historical Depth: Africa, Human Rights and Citizenship, Mahmood Mamdani ............................................................... 7

African History / History in Africa: Academic, Vernacular Histories and Area Studies, Mamadou Diouf .........................................................8

Transformative Social Policy, Jimi Adesina .............................................................................................................................................12

Challenges Facing Africa and those Facing the Social Sciences, Khalid Ali El Amin ......................................................................................14

Historical Thinking and Inter-disciplinarity, Shamil Jeppie .........................................................................................................................16

The African Library Project and the ‘Big Ideas’, Ebrima Sall ................................................................................................................. 17

Research, Knowledge and Policy, Lloyd M. Sachikonye .....................................................................................................................................19

Gender, Migration and Social Policy, Takyiwa Manuh ................................................................................................................................. 20

Methodology of Integration Between Cognitive Systems and Comparative Studies, Helmi Sharawy ........................................................ 21

Bridging Gap(s) Between Theory, Policy and Practice, Ruth Iyob. .................................................................................................... 22

On the Question of Theory, Ifi Amadiume .................................................................................................................................................23

Debates Marikana and the Politics of Law and Order after Apartheid, Suren Pillay .............................................................................................27

Renewing Development Paradigms for 21st Century, Samir Amin ....................................................................................................... 29

Market Failures in the Financial System: Implications for Financial Sector Policies, Especially in Developing Countries?, Joseph E. Stiglitz .....33

Not How the State can Regulate the Market, but How Society can Regulate both the State and the Market, Mahmood Mamdani................... 39

The Outstanding Issues between the Two Sudans, al-Tayib Zain al-Abdin ........................................................................................................... 42

Economic Change in Africa and Prospects for Business: An African Perspective, Dzodzi Tsikata ............................................................ 49

The Discourse of ‘Africa’s Turn’?, Moses Khisa ..................................................................................................................................... 52

Archives of Post-independent Africa, Brenton Maart ................................................................................................................................ 54

Where Do We Go from Rio? The Implications of the Third World Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+ 20), James Murombedzi ................................................................................... 57

Democracy in the Woods, Prakash Kashwan ................................................................................ 63