Studies 14

The Nation State

A Wrong Model for the Horn of Africa
The book analyses political processes in the light of actual identifications and alliances.

The book analyses political processes in the light of actual identifications and alliances.

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The Nation-State: A Wrong Model for the Horn of Africa analyses recent political developments in the Horn of Africa in the light of actual identifications and alliances. The nation state which is the normative framework for politics is shown often not to be the relevant unit of identification and beneficiary of political decisions.

Preface
John Markakis, Günther Schlee, John Young

List of Acronyms

1 Introduction
John Markakis, Günther Schlee, John Young

2 The Crisis of the State in the Horn of Africa
John Markakis

3 Bolshevism and National Federalism in Ethiopia
John Young

4 The Afar
John Markakis

5 Borderlands and Transborder Processes in the Blue Nile Region
Günther Schlee

6 South Sudan: The Fractured State
John Young

7 Conclusion
John Markakis, Günther Schlee, John Young

References

Information

ISBN

978-3-945561-57-7

DOI

10.34663/9783945561577-00

Pages

184

Publication Date

March 22, 2021

Print on Demand

epubli.de

Price

18.06 EUR

Suggested Citation

Markakis, John, Günther Schlee, and John Young (2021). The Nation State: A Wrong Model for the Horn of Africa. Berlin: Max-­Planck­-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften.