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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781365603321

Autore

Tarimo Aquiline

Titolo

Ethnicity, Citizenship and State in Eastern Africa / Aquiline Tarimo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda : , : Langaa, , 2011

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013

©2011

ISBN

1-283-06364-6

9786613063649

9956-579-78-5

9956-579-77-7

9956-579-76-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

323.04209676

Soggetti

Citizenship - Africa, East

Ethnicity - Africa, East

Electronic books.

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 (p. 143-150)

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Institutionalization of Ethnicity; 2. Politicization of Ethnic Identities; 3. Ethnic Diversity and Political Integration; 4. Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Self-Determination; 5. Religion, Politics, and Civil Society; 6. Foundations of Political Integration; Bibliography; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, from an Africa perspective, examines the relationship between ethnicity and citizenship within the framework of nation-state. Its objective and scope engage relational aspects of political integration, awaken public conscience, and motivate civic engagement. It provides a platform that could be considered prerequisite for political transformation. Such a framework is indispensable not only for challenging the politics of exclusion and marginalization, but also for reconstructing fractured social relationships. The test of its validity and relevancy is not whether it accounts for p