The author focuses on the research-policy nexus in development studies, highlighting reciprocal orientations and interactions between the domains of social research and of policy and politics. He looks at instances where these domains are complementary and geared towards common objectives, but also with others marked by opposing rationales.

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Piet Terhal, Erasmus University, The Netherlands.

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Introduction 1. The Research-Policy Nexus: Multiple Encounters, Multiple Frictions 2. Conceptualizing African statehood and legitimacy: shifting positions in the research-politics nexus 3. A 'Negotiating Statehood' Perspective: Implications for Policy? 4. Research-led Policy Deliberation in Post-conflict Contexts: Searching to Overcome Institutional Gaps 5. Complex emergencies, food security and the need for research-based policy responses 6. The Limits of Independent Policy Research: Analysing the EEC-India Dairy Aid Nexus; with Piet Terhal 7. Academia-Politics Collisions in the Aftermath of a Coup: a Fijian Encounter 8. Reconnoitring a Political Microcosm: First Fieldwork in Ankole, Uganda 9. Researching Development Policy and Politics: A Personal Retrospect and Itinerary Conclusion: development studies in retrospect