1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783963903321

Titolo

State crises, globalisation, and national movements in north-east Africa / / edited by Asafa Jalata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-27625-7

1-134-27626-5

1-280-05974-5

0-203-00626-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 31

Altri autori (Persone)

JalataAsafa <1954->

Disciplina

320.963

Soggetti

State, The

Nationalism - Africa, Northeast

Globalization - Political aspects - Africa, Northeast

Africa, Northeast Politics and government 1974-

Africa, Northeast Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. The process of state formation in the Horn of Africa in comparative perspective: Asafa Jalata; 2. The racialised and Islamicised Sudanese state and the question of Southern Sudan: Amir Idris; 3. Global capitalism and the Oromo liberation struggle: Theoretical notes on US policy towards the Ethiopian empire: William I. Robinson; 4. Two national liberation movements compared: Oromia and Southern Sudan: Asafa Jalata

5. The Oromo Gada system of government: An indigenous African democracy: Lemmu Baissa6. Contending democracies: US-sponsored 'democracy' encounters indigenous Oromo democratic forms: Bonnie K. Holcomb; 7. The Sidama nation and the solidarity of colonised nations in Ethiopia: Seyoum Yunkura Hameso; 8. Globalisation and Africa: reconstructing the failed Somali state and reviving national identity: Alice Bettis Hashim; 9. What next in the Horn of Africa?: Reconsidering



the state and self-determination: Leenco Lata; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

By identifying the critical central contradictions that are built into the politics of the Horn of Africa, this book demonstrates that the crises of the Horn states stem from their political behaviour and structural forces, such as internal social forces, and global forces that have become involved on the sides of these states without requiring accountability, the rule of law, or the implementation of, at least, 'limited democracy'.The contributors provide a deep understanding of structural and conjunctural forces that have interacted in the processes of state power; the role of interv

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780813503321

Autore

Johnson Hazel

Titolo

Learning for development / / Hazel Johnson and Gordon Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2009

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2022

ISBN

1-350-22108-2

1-84813-721-4

1-282-45352-1

9786612453526

1-84813-199-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 152 pages)

Collana

Development matters.

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development - Effect of education on

Development studies

Adult education, continuous learning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the s eries -- About the authors; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Why Learning for Development?; 2 -- Approaches to Learning for Development; 3 -- Contestation and Learning between Multiple



Stakeholders; 4 -- Joint Learning through Similarity, Difference and Mutuality: North-South municipal partnerships; 5 -- Changing the Self and Changing the Organization: doing things better and doing them differently; 6 -- The Challenges of Learning through Computer-mediated Communication; 7 -- The Whys and Wherefores of Learning for Development; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book in the Development Matters series takes a learning approach to development, focusing the learning that takes place through development action - be it intentional and structured, or the outcome of different forms of engagement.