Contemporary states are generally presumed to be founded on the elements of nation, people, territory, and sovereignty. In the Horn of Africa however, the attempts to find a neat congruence among these elements created more problems than they solved. Leenco Lata demonstrates that conflicts within and between states tend to connect seamlessly in the region. When these conflicts are seen in the context of pressures on the state in an era of heightened globalization, it becomes obvious that the Horn needs to adopt multidimensional self-determination.
In Structuring the Horn of Africa as a Common Homeland, Leenco Lata discusses the history of conflicts within and between Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Sudan, and investigates local and global contributory factors. He assesses the effectiveness of the nation-state model to forge a positive relationship between these governments and the people.
Part 1 summarizes the history of self-determination and the state from the French Revolution to the post-Cold War period. Part 2 shows how the states of the Horn of Africa emerged in a highly interactive way, and how these developments continue to reverberate throughout the region, underscoring the necessity of simultaneous regional integration and the decentralization of power as an approach to conflict resolution.
Motivated by a search for practical answers rather than a strict adherence to any particular theory, this significant work by a political activist provides a thorough analysis of the regions complicated and conflicting goals.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 201-213
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 963.07/2
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- fh-----
- ISBN
- 9780889209350
- LCCN
- DT367.8
- LCCN Item number
- L38 2004eb
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 219 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00323512 (OCoLC)57226926 (CaOOCEL)402687
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Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 8
- List of Figures and Maps 10
- Acknowledgements 12
- Introduction 14
- Part I: Self-Determination in History 26
- 1 Self-Determination as Popular Sovereignty 28
- 2 Decolonization in Africa: Aberrant Self-Determination 44
- 3 Post-Cold War Trends in the Nature of the State 50
- 4 Emerging Trends in Self-Determination 78
- Part II: Resonance of Conflicts in the Horn of Africa 96
- 5 Interactive State Formation in the Horn of Africa 98
- 6 The Uncertain and Interdependent Fate of Horn Entities 118
- 7 Nation-Building: Fitting States into National Moulds 128
- 8 Nation-Building in the Sudan 152
- 9 Unification and Nation-Building: Somalia’s Sacred Mission 168
- 10 Imagining the Horn of Africa Common Homeland 176
- 11 Conclusion 204
- References 214
- Index 228
- A 228
- B 228
- C 228
- D 229
- E 229
- F 229
- G 229
- H 230
- I 230
- J 230
- K 230
- L 230
- M 230
- N 230
- O 231
- P 231
- Q 231
- R 231
- S 231
- T 232
- U 232
- V 232
- W 232
- Y 232
- Z 232