Problem: According to Homer-Dixon, Jessica Blitt, and Valerie Percival, what factors have shaped why sub-Saharan African countries (and specifically South Africa) have come more (or less) successful? How do determinism and institutionalism help explain this success?
Articles for reference-
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Jessica Blitt, "Introduction: A Theoretical Overivew." In Ecoviolence: Links Among Environment, Population, and Security. Rowman & Littlefield, 1998
Valerie Percival and Thomas Homer-Dixon, "The Case of South Africa" In Eco-violence: Links Among, Environment, Population and Security