Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS)
The Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) is an interdisciplinary journal in the human sciences which seeks to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa.
The journal focuses primarily on African and Third World Politics; African Studies; Area Studies; International Politics and Politics & International Relations. It is peer reviewed and has an international subscription.
JCAS is published four times a year (in January, April, July and October) by Routledge, Taylor& Francis Ltd in the United Kingdom. The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) retains sole responsibility for the selection of material, editing and editorial policy of the journal. Copyright in the title and content and ownership is vested in the Institute.
The journal caters to an ever growing audience, and has produced the following special issues so far:
- Undoing Independence: Regionalism and the Reincorporation of Transkei into South Africa, edited by Andrew Donaldson, Julia Segar and Roger Southall (Vol. 11, No. 2, 1992)
- The Politics of Identity, edited by Pat MacAllister and John Sharp (Vol. 15, No. 1, 1997)
- South Africa in Transition (Vol. 16, No. 1, 1998);
- Livelihood, Linkages and Policy Parodoxes, guest edited by Leslie Bank and Deborah Bryceson (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2001);
- Limits to Liberation in Southern Africa, guest edited by Henning Melber (Vol.21, No. 2, 2003);
- The War on Terror in the Sahara, guest edited by Ann McDougall (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2007);
- Security in West Africa, guest edited by Paul Williams and Jurgen Haacke (Vol. 26, No. 2, 2008);
- Political Economies of Displacement in Southern Africa, guest edited by Amanda Hammar and Graeme Rogers (Vol. 26, No. 4, 2008);
- Kenya’s Uncertain Democracy: The Electoral Crisis of 2008, edited by Peter Kagwanja and Roger Southall (Vol. 27, No. 3, 2009);
- Somalia: State Collapse, Terrorism and Piracy, guest edited by Brian Hesse (Vol. 3, No. 28, 2010);
- Nigeria at Fifty, guest edited by Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebwanwi (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2010);
- China’s Rise in Africa: Beyond the Headlines, guest edited by Dominik Kopinski, Andrzej Polus and Ian Taylor (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2011);
- Heritage Management and Tourism in Africa, guest edited by Rosabelle Boswell and David O’Kane (Vol. 29, No. 4, 2011); and
- Progress in Zimbabwe, guest edited by David Moore (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012)
- Mining and Urbanisation in Africa, guest edited by Deborah Bryceson and Danny MacKinnon (Vol 30, No. 4, 2012)
- Social Movements and Political Change in Africa, guest edited by Tom Lodge, Rachel Ibreck and Ciara McCorley (Vol 31, No 2, 2013).
Editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for submission, should be sent to:
Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
Contributions may also be submitted electronically to: editorjcas@ru.ac.za
Editorial board
Chief Editor:
Fred Hendricks - Dean Emeritus, Rhodes University, South Africa
Co-Editors:
Wale Adebanwi - African American & African Studies, University of California Davis, USA
Shahida Elbaz - Arab and African Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Godwin Murunga - Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Editorial Committee:
David Fryer - Department of Economics, Rhodes University, South Africa
Kirk Helliker - Unit of Zimbabwean Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Siphokazi Magadla - Political and International Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Sally Matthews - Department of Political Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Paul Maylam - Department of History, Rhodes University, South Africa
Greg Ruiters - School of Government, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Robert van Niekerk - Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, South Africa
Book Reviews Editor:
Siphokazi Magadla - Political and International Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa
Copy Editor:
Jamie Alexander - Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, South Africa
Editorial Board:
Sola Akinrinade - Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Bruce Baker - African Studies Centre, Coventry University, UK
William Beinart - St Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, UK
Dickson Eyoh - Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada
Bill Freund - University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Brian J. Hesse - Northwest Missouri State University, USA
Gilbert Khadiagala - Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Tshidiso Maloka - African Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Zibani Maundeni - Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone
Basile Nijo - Department of Anthropology, University of Douala, Cameroon
Vishnu Padayachee - Centre for Social and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Deborah Posel - University of Cape Town, South Africa
Oliver Saasa - Institute of African Studies, University of Zambia, Zambia
Issa Shivji - Mwalimu Nyerere Professor of Pan African Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Roger Southall - Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gizachew Tiruneh - Department of Political Science, University of Central Arkansas, USA
Further details can be found on the journal’s Taylor & Francis website: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjca
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