Teaching Interests:
- Development theory and policy
- Political economy of Food
- Agrarian political economy of rural development
- Africa in the global economy
- Political economy of extractive industries and development in Africa
- Introduction to African politics
- Democracy and democratisation in Africa
- Contentious politics and social movements
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Publications
Book:
–Ayelazuno, J.A. (2019). Neoliberal Globalisation and Resistance from Below: Why the Subalterns Resist in Bolivia and not in Ghana. Abingdon: Routledge:
Edited Journal:
–Ayelazuno, J.A. (2019). Special Issue of Land Use Policy on Land Governance for Extractivism and Capitalist Farming in Africa. Land Use Policy 81C: 843-928
Journal Articles:
–Ayelazuno, J.A. and Mawuko-Yevugah, L. (2019). Large-scale Mining and Ecological Imperialism: The Politics of Mining and Ecological Preservation in Ghana. Journal of Political Ecology 26: 244-262
–Ayelazuno, J.A. and Mawuko-Yevugah, L. (2019). Development Failures in Ghana, Development Miracles in Asia: Whither the Africa Rising? African and Asian Studies 18: 124-152
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