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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823982203321

Autore

Lata Leenco

Titolo

The Horn of Africa as common homeland : the state and self-determination in the era of heightened globalization / / Leenco Lata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-28075-1

9786610280759

0-88920-935-9

1-4175-6320-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

963.07/2

Soggetti

Self-determination - Africa, Northeast

Globalization - Political aspects - Africa, Northeast

Africa, Northeast Politics and government 1974-

Africa, Northeast History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Self-Determination in History; Part II: Resonance of Conflicts in the Horn of Africa; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 Afr