The Boundary Politics Of Independent Africa
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Author | : Saadia Touval |
Publisher | : Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The Boundary Politics of Independent Africa brings insights not only to Africanists but also to students of international relations and, more specifically, of conflict. The African states that gained independence during the 1950s and 1960s emerged within the boundaries established by their colonial rulers. Both African leaders and outside observers believed then that bitter conflicts would erupt over these borders. This has not happened. There have been numerous conflicts, but only a very few have been major disruptions. The prediction of boundary and territorial conflict, Saadia Touval explains, stemmed from the false assumption, based on the European experience of irredentism and secession, that the tribes and ethnic groups divided by boundaries would seek to unite, to become members of the same state, or to form a state of their own, and therefore would challenge the boundaries dividing them. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author | : Saadia Weltmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : Takuo Iwata |
Publisher | : Vernon Press |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2025-01-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Africa’s potential and challenges in the 21st century make it a focal point for global attention. The continent’s political landscape is now more diverse, with a mix of democracy, authoritarianism, peace, and conflict. Understanding the dynamics of African politics is crucial. This comprehensive book delves into African Politics and International Relations, exploring power through the lenses of politics, geography, sociology, and anthropology. It is based on the author’s three decades of fieldwork and research across Africa, Asia, and the West. Ideal for academic scholars, students, diplomats, government officials, journalists, and NGO staff seeking to deepen their understanding of African politics and international relations.
Author | : Cabdisalaam M. Ciisa-Salwe |
Publisher | : Haan Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This study explores the role of international politics in the life of a region where on the one hand a nation is trying to gather its people into a state (Somalia), and on the other are neighboring states (Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti) constructed on Western notions of statehood and wedded to colonial-defined borders. The positions were intractable. The Horn became an arena for Cold War ideological-global competition, and the conflict one of the longest running disputes on the African continent.
Author | : Paul Nugent |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2019-06-06 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1107020689 |
By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.
Author | : Kathryn A. Manzo |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781555875640 |
This work analyses common conceptions about the relationship - or lack of one - between race and nationalism. Case studies of Australia, Britain and South Africa are provided. The author has also written Domination, Resistance, and Social Change in South Africa: The Local Effects of Global Power.
Author | : Gbenga Oduntan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2015-06-26 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1135039550 |
Africa has experienced a number of territorial disputes over land and maritime boundaries, due in part to its colonial and post-colonial history. This book explores the legal, political, and historical nature of disputes over territory in the African continent, and critiques the content and application of contemporary International law to the resolution of African territorial and border disputes. Drawing on central concepts of public international law such as sovereignty and jurisdiction, and socio-political concepts such as colonialism, ethnicity, nationality and self-determination, this book interrogates the intimate connection that peoples and nations have to territory and the severe disputes these may lead to. Gbenga Oduntan identifies the major principles of law at play in relation to territorial, and boundary disputes, and argues that the predominant use of foreign based adjudicatory mechanisms in attempting to deal with African boundary disputes alienates those institutions and mechanisms from African people and can contribute to the recurrence of conflicts and disputes in and among African territories. He suggests that the understanding and application of multidisciplinary dispute resolution mechanisms and strategies can allow for a more holistic and effective treatment of boundary disputes. As an in depth study into the legal, socio-political and anthropological mechanisms involved in the understanding of territorial boundaries, and a unique synthesis of an African jurisprudence of international boundaries law, this book will be of great use and interest to students, researchers, and practitioners in African and Public International Law, International Relations, and decision-makers in need of better understanding the settlement of disputes over territorial boundaries in both Africa and the wider world.
Author | : Dirdeiry M. Ahmed |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2015-12-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107117984 |
This book challenges the central assumption of the law of territory by establishing that uti possidetis is not a general principle of law, and arguing that African customary rules were generated. It includes in-depth coverage of African secession, with issues of human rights law, self-determination and political science presented in a new light.
Author | : Ian Brownlie |
Publisher | : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS |
Total Pages | : 1394 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780903983877 |
Author | : William F. S. Miles |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 2015-07-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801470102 |
How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.