{"product_id":"9783032209511","title":"The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Resources and Development","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Resources and Development\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEzra Chitando | Angela Zivo Gapa | Obert Bernard Mlambo | Anna Chitando\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Human Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis handbook advances an interdisciplinary framework for understanding Africa’s resource endowments—human, natural, ideological, theological, and philanthropic—and their synergistic roles in sustainable development. Integrating perspectives from political economy, development studies, anthropology, theology, philosophy, geography, law, and public policy, it interrogates prevailing extractivist paradigms and proposes analytically rigorous alternatives. Chapters combine comparative case studies, mixed-methods analyses, and critical theory to examine institutional dynamics, governance architectures, value chains, civic and faith-based mobilizations, and Africa’s engagements with external actors. By mapping the co-production of resources and development outcomes, the volume offers methodological depth and policy-relevant insights. It will appeal to scholars, advanced students and policymakers in African studies, Development Studies, Economics, and Political Science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEzra Chitando is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, and Extraordinary Professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of Western Cape, South Africa. His co-edited works include The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAngela Zivo Gapa is an associate professor of international relations at California State University, Chico. Her research focuses on the nexus between resources and politics, specifically, on the sources of political and economic variation among resource rich countries. \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eHer publications include \u003c\/span\u003eThe Politics of New African Resource Discoveries in the Post-Curse Era (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eObert Bernard Mlambo teaches Classics at Rhodes University. A former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and the Global South Studies Center of the University of Cologne, Germany, He has published, Land Expropriation in Ancient Rome and Contemporary Zimbabwe: (Bloomsbury 2022) and co-edited, The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnna Chitando is Associate Professor at the Zimbabwe Open University. She holds a Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in English. Her research interests include African women and development, African literature, children's literature, as well as women and peacebuilding. Her publications include, the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Women (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032209511\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266736050316,"sku":"9783032209511","price":224.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032209511.jpg?v=1780604411","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032209511","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}