Regional Integration Identity Citizenship In The Greater Horn Of Africa

Author : Kidane Mengisteab,Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847010582

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Regional Integration, Identity & Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa by Kidane Mengisteab,Redie Bereketeab Pdf

Examines how regional integration can resolve the crises of the Greater Horn of Africa, exploring how it can be used as a mechanism for conflict resolution, promoting the economy and tackling issues of identity and citizenship. The Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) is engulfed by three interrelated crises: various inter-state wars, civil wars, and inter-communal conflicts; an economic crisis manifested in widespread debilitating poverty, chronic food insecurity and famines; and environmental degradation that is ravaging the region. While it is apparent that the countries of the region are unlikely to be able to deal with the crises individually, there is consensus that their chances of doing so improve markedly with collective regional action. The contributors to this volume address the need for regional integration in the GHA. They identify those factors that can foster integration, such as the proper management of equitable citizenship rights, as well as examining those that impede it, including the region's largely ineffective integration scheme, IGAD, and explore how the former can be strengthened and the latter transformed; explain how regional integration can mitigate the conflicts; and examine how integration can help to energise the region's economy. Kidane Mengisteab is Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Penn State University; Redie Bereketeab is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden.

Author : Vusi Gumede,Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Serges Djoyou Kamga
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004411227

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Regional Integration and Migration in Africa by Vusi Gumede,Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Serges Djoyou Kamga Pdf

This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book takes a historical and nuanced citizenship approach to integration by analysing regional integration from the perspective of non-state actors and how they negotiate various structures and institutions in their pursuit for life and livelihood in a contemporary context marked by mobility and economic fragmentation.

Author : Kidane Mengisteab
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1847012485

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The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa by Kidane Mengisteab Pdf

Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these. FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY

Author : Mohamed Farah Hersi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031515484

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IGAD and Multilateral Security in the Horn of Africa by Mohamed Farah Hersi Pdf

Author : Kidane Mengisteab
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847012470

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The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa by Kidane Mengisteab Pdf

Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these.

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031241628

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Historical Sociology of State Formation in the Horn of Africa by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

This book analyses the historical sociology of state formation in the Horn of Africa. It examines the genesis, trajectories, processes, routes and consequences of the evolution of state formation. Three analytical and explanatory models explain the process of state formation in the HOA: proto-state, colonial and national liberation. The models, heuristically and innovatively, provide understanding, interpretation and analysis of state formation. While the proto-state model explicates an indigenous historical process of state formation, the colonial model refers to an externally designed and imposed process of state formation. The national liberation model concern state formation conducted under liberation movement and ideology. The distinct significance of these models is that collectively they generate sufficient analysis of state formation. They are also unique in that they have never been employed as aggregate analytical and explicative instruments to address the predicament of state formation in the Horn of Africa.

Author : Daniel H. Levine,Dawn Nagar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137586117

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Region-Building in Africa by Daniel H. Levine,Dawn Nagar Pdf

This landmark book is the first of its kind to assess the challenges of African region-building and regional integration across all five African sub-regions and more than five decades of experience, considering both political and economic aspects. Leading scholars and practitioners come together to analyze a range of entwined topics, including: the theoretical underpinnings that have informed Africa's regional integration trajectory; the political economy of integration, including the sources of different 'waves' of integration in pan-Africanism and the reaction to neo-liberal economic pressures; the complexities of integration in a context of weak states and the informal regionalization that often occurs in 'borderlands'; the increasing salience of Africa's relationships with rising extra-regional economic powers, including China and India; and comparative lessons from non-African regional blocs, including the EU, ASEAN, and the Southern Common Market. A core argument of this book, running through all chapters, is that region-building must be recognized as a political project as much as if not more than an economic one; successful region-building in Africa will need to include the complex political tasks of strengthening state capacity (including states' capacity as 'developmental states' that can actively engage in economic planning), resolving long-standing conflicts over resources and political dominance, improving democratic governance, and developing trans-national political structures that are legitimate and inclusive.

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351588836

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National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

Africa is well known for the production of national liberation movements (NLMs), stemming from a history of exploitation, colonisation and slavery. NLMs are generally characterised by a struggle carried out by or in the name of suppressed people for political, social, cultural, economic, territorial liberation and decolonisation. Dozens of NLMs have ascended to state power in Africa following a successful violent popular struggle either as an outright military victory or a negotiated settlement. National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa analyses the performance of NLMs after they gain state power. The book tracks the initial promises and guiding principles of NLMs against their actual record in achieving socio-economic development goals such as peace, stability, state building and democratisation. The book explores the various different struggles for liberation, whether against European colonialism, white minority rule, neighbouring countries, or for internal reform or regime change. Bringing together case studies from Somalia, Somaliland, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Algeria, the book builds a comprehensive analysis of the challenges NLMs face when ascending to state power, and why so many ultimately end in failure. This is an ideal resource for scholars, policy makers and students with an interest in African development, politics, and security studies.

Author : Sizo Nkala,David Monyae
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040135051

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The Quest for Unity by Sizo Nkala,David Monyae Pdf

Regional integration was identified many years ago as being critical to Africa’s quest to overcome its colonially induced underdevelopment. To encourage this, several potentially significant programmes or projects have been stillborn or inadequately implemented. A network of relatively stable Regional Economic Communities (RECs) has been established, and one of its most ambitious initiatives – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – is now being ‘operationalised’. Written in the context of a global economy emerged in stagflation – a combination of stagnation and inflation – this book provides a deeper insight into pertinent conceptual and theoretical issues of vital importance to Africa’s development. It also presents case studies of several of the RECs, as well as the processes involved in constructing the AfCFTA. The subject matter of this book includes – African lingua franca and African knowledge systems The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Regional integration: Mission impossible? Regional electricity integration in Africa Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Oliver Bakewell,Loren B. Landau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137581945

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Forging African Communities by Oliver Bakewell,Loren B. Landau Pdf

This book draws renewed attention to migration into and within Africa, and to the socio-political consequences of these movements. In doing so, it complements vibrant scholarly and political discussions of migrant integration globally with innovative, interdisciplinary perspectives focused on migration within Africa. It sheds new light on how human mobility redefines the meaning of home, community, citizenship and belonging. The authors ask how people’s movements within the continent are forging novel forms of membership while catalysing social change within the communities and countries to which they move and which they have left behind. Original case studies from across Africa question the concepts, actors, and social trajectories dominant in the contemporary literature. Moreover, it speaks to and challenges sociological debates over the nature of migrant integration, debates largely shaped by research in the world’s wealthy regions. The text, in part or as a whole, will appeal to students and scholars of migration, development, urban and rural transformation, African studies and displacement.

Author : Redie Bereketeab
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317649694

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Self-Determination and Secession in Africa by Redie Bereketeab Pdf

This book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union’s (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensively analysing the geo-political, economic, security and ideological factors that determine the outcome of the quest for self-determination and secession. It reveals the lack of inherent clarity in international law, social science theories, OAU/AU Charter, UN Charters and international conventions concerning the topic. This is a major contribution to the field and highly relevant for researchers and postgraduate students in African Studies, Development Studies, African Politics and History, and Anthropology.

Author : Thomas Diez,Nathalie Tocci
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319475301

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The EU, Promoting Regional Integration, and Conflict Resolution by Thomas Diez,Nathalie Tocci Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive study into the promotion of regional integration as a central pillar of European Union (EU) relations with the rest of the world. It is a strategy to deal with a core security challenge: the transformation of conflicts and, in particular, regional conflicts. Yet to what extent has the promotion of regional integration been successful in transforming conflicts? What can we regard as the core mechanisms of such an impact? This volume offers a comprehensive assessment of the nexus between promoting integration and conflict transformation. The authors systematically compare the consequences of EU involvement in eight conflicts in four world regions within a common framework. In doing so, they focus on the promotion of integration as a preventative strategy to avoid conflicts turning violent and as a long-term strategy to transform violent conflicts by placing them in a broader institutional context. The book will be of use to students and scholars interested in European foreign policy, comparative regionalism, and conflict resolution.

Author : Kofi Lomotey,Pamela Braboy Jackson,Muna Adem,Paulina X. Ruf,Valire Carr Copeland,Alvaro Huerta,Norma Iglesias-Prieto,Donathan L. Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2075 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610698559

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People of Color in the United States [4 volumes] by Kofi Lomotey,Pamela Braboy Jackson,Muna Adem,Paulina X. Ruf,Valire Carr Copeland,Alvaro Huerta,Norma Iglesias-Prieto,Donathan L. Brown Pdf

This expansive, four-volume ready-reference work offers critical coverage of contemporary issues that impact people of color in the United States, ranging from education and employment to health and wellness and immigration. People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration examines a wide range of issues that affect people of color in America today, covering education, employment, health, and immigration. Edited by experts in the field, this set supplies current information that meets a variety of course standards in four volumes. Volume 1 covers education grades K–12 and higher education; volume 2 addresses employment, housing, family, and community; volume 3 examines health and wellness; and volume 4 covers immigration. The content will enable students to better understand the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities as well as current social issues and policy. The content is written to be accessible to a wide range of readers and to provide ready-reference content for courses in history, sociology, psychology, geography, and economics, as well as curricula that address immigration, urbanization and industrialization, and contemporary American society.

Author : Claire A. Amuhaya,Denis A. Degterev
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030967055

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A Century of East African Integration by Claire A. Amuhaya,Denis A. Degterev Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of regional integration in East Africa in the last century, reflecting the general trends of integration processes in the East Africa sub-region with a focus on the East African Community. Particular attention is paid to the cyclicality of integration dynamics, as well as the analysis of the interconnection and competition between different regional organizations in East Africa. In this context, the specificity of the so-called overlapping membership of African states in regional organizations with similar roles but conflicting treaties and mandates is explored. This situation to a certain extent affects the relations of states in the region with external actors specifically trade negotiations with EU that the book comprehensively analyses. This book therefore offers a deeper understanding of the processes of regional integration in East Africa that had been missed before, which reflects the general integration dynamics on the African continent.

Author : Emma Wild-Wood
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847012463

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The Mission of Apolo Kivebulaya by Emma Wild-Wood Pdf

A vivid portrayal of Kivebulaya's life that interrogates the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change under colonization, and the influence of emerging polities in the practice of Christian faiths.