Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa (Routledge International Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113835399X ISBN 13: 9781138353992

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

The Routledge Handbook of the Horn of Africa provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa.

Situated at the junction of the Sahel-Saharan strip and the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa is growing in global importance due to demographic growth and the strategic importance of the Suez Canal. Divided into sections on authoritarianism and resistance, religion and politics, migration, economic integration, the military, and regimes and liberation, the contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative knowledge on the region in light of contemporary strategic concerns. The handbook investigates how political, economic, and security innovations have been implemented, sometimes with violence, by use of force or by negotiation – including ‘ethnic federalism’ in Ethiopia, independence in Eritrea and South Sudan, integration of the traditional authorities in the (neo)patrimonial administrations, Somalian Islamic Courts, the Sudanese Islamist regime, people’s movements, multilateral operations, and the construction of an architecture for regional peace and security.

Accessibly written, this handbook is an essential read for scholars, students, and policy professionals interested in the contemporary politics in the Horn of Africa.

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About the Author

Jean-Nicolas Bach holds a PhD in Political Science and is affiliated at Sciences Po Bordeaux, Les Afriques dans le Monde, France.

with Jon Abbink, Stéphane Ancel, Azza Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Emanuele Fantini, Patrick Ferras, Hassan Mwakimako, Clélie Nallet, Aleksi Ylönen, and Jan Záhořík.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113835399X
• ISBN 13: 9781138353992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 746
• Editor: Bach Jean-Nicolas