Nana Poku
Biographic Data
| ID | 1667797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nana Poku |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nana |
| FAMILY NAME | Poku |
| SIGNATURE | POKU N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Nottingham Trent University, Department of International Studies, Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making of the Constitution of Kenya: A Century of Struggle and the Future of Constitutionalism
Aids , Sociology of
The entry offers a symbolic analysis of the social construction and signification of HIV/AIDS as one of the major pandemics in modern history. Central to this constructionist (and postmodern) analysis, we assert that sociological theorizing has contributed to some central insights regarding the discursive formations used by the public health paradigm for the surveillance of bodies and governmentality of the epidemic. Key symbols that have dominat…
PKK: Coming Down From the Mountains
Charting the ideological evolution of the PKK, as well as its origins, aims and structure, Paul White provides the only authoritative and up-to-date analysis of one of the most important non-state political players in the contemporary Middle East
The Millennium Development Goals: Challenges, prospects and opportunities
The prospect for the MDGs cannot be reduced to the sum of the eight goals, divorced from international dynamics, the hard interests of states and the global dynamics that impact on both, or from the complexities and intractability of widespread poverty and its consequences. The legacies and controversies of previous international development initiatives also beset perceptions of, and support for, the MDGs. However, the wholly inclusive nature of …
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
Regionalization and Security in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Colonialism and its Legacies
Black Africa seems to have suffered more severely from outside intervention than any other part of the world. First came the slave trade, which took away millions and degraded both the people and the land. In the wake of the slave trade came European imperialism. Fostered by both was the imposition of the myth of the ‘Dark Continent’ with its savage people, awaiting the arrival of European culture, technology and religion.2 These keywords were ad…
Global Meltdown. Immigration, Multiculturalism, and National Breakdown in the New World Disorder
Constructivism and Third World Research
Colonialism and Sub-Saharan Identities
Unlike Europe, where nation-builders aimed to replace the older empires with nations that represented some combination of cultural, linguistic, and patriotic unity, African states are building nations based on new identities defined by the boundaries of their colonial past. Recent studies suggest that this might not be as different from other historical experiences as commonly presumed. Benedict Anderson, for example, provides a convincing accoun…
From Our Readers
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
From Our Readers
Colonialism and Sub-Saharan Identities
Unlike Europe, where nation-builders aimed to replace the older empires with nations that represented some combination of cultural, linguistic, and patriotic unity, African states are building nations based on new identities defined by the boundaries of their colonial past. Recent studies suggest that this might not be as different from other historical experiences as commonly presumed. Benedict Anderson, for example, provides a convincing accoun…
From Our Readers
Constructivism and Third World Research
Global Meltdown. Immigration, Multiculturalism, and National Breakdown in the New World Disorder
Regionalization and Security in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Colonialism and its Legacies
Black Africa seems to have suffered more severely from outside intervention than any other part of the world. First came the slave trade, which took away millions and degraded both the people and the land. In the wake of the slave trade came European imperialism. Fostered by both was the imposition of the myth of the ‘Dark Continent’ with its savage people, awaiting the arrival of European culture, technology and religion.2 These keywords were ad…
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
The Millennium Development Goals: Challenges, prospects and opportunities
The prospect for the MDGs cannot be reduced to the sum of the eight goals, divorced from international dynamics, the hard interests of states and the global dynamics that impact on both, or from the complexities and intractability of widespread poverty and its consequences. The legacies and controversies of previous international development initiatives also beset perceptions of, and support for, the MDGs. However, the wholly inclusive nature of …
PKK: Coming Down From the Mountains
Charting the ideological evolution of the PKK, as well as its origins, aims and structure, Paul White provides the only authoritative and up-to-date analysis of one of the most important non-state political players in the contemporary Middle East
Aids , Sociology of
The entry offers a symbolic analysis of the social construction and signification of HIV/AIDS as one of the major pandemics in modern history. Central to this constructionist (and postmodern) analysis, we assert that sociological theorizing has contributed to some central insights regarding the discursive formations used by the public health paradigm for the surveillance of bodies and governmentality of the epidemic. Key symbols that have dominat…
Making of the Constitution of Kenya: A Century of Struggle and the Future of Constitutionalism
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)