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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 intervention of global powers; and the consequent failure to build state as a public domain. The book also enriches our social scientific knowledge that is essential to develop pragmatic policy measures to address these problems.
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State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa 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 issues, such as internal social forces, and global influences 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’. Acute political, social, cultural and economic crises in the Horn states, and the policy response to them, have contributed to social unrest, state conflicts and national movements. The Horn states have drastically failed to solve these crises and conflicts, and cannot provide protection and basic social services to the majority of the respective peoples they rule. Consequently, the peoples of the region have been exposed to recurrent wars and famines, absolute poverty, disastrous diseases, genocide, continued subjugation and suffering due to state-terrorism and global tyranny. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the disintegration of the Somali state, and the failures of the Ethiopian, Sudanese and Djibouti states to fulfil their governmental obligations, raise serious theoretical and practical problems for academics, policy analysts and policy makers on regional and global levels. The contributors provide a deep understanding of structural and conjunctural forces that have interacted in the processes of state power; the role of intervention of global powers; and the consequent failure to build the state as a public domain. The book also enriches our social scientific knowledge that is essential to develop pragmatic policy measures to address these problems. This book will be of great interest to policy makers and international organisations as well as researchers and students of politics and international relations. Asafa Jalata is Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and African and African American Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Oromia & Ethiopia (1993) and Fighting Against the Injustice of the State and Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements (2001), and the editor of Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: The Search for Freedom & Democracy (1998). Routledge advances in international relations and global politics 1 Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis France, Britain and Europe Henrik Larsen 2 Agency, Structure and International Politics From ontology to empirical enquiry Gil Friedman and Harvey Starr 3 The Political Economy of Regional Co-operation in the Middle East Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder and Kemal Kirisci 4 Peace Maintenance The evolution of international political authority Jarat Chopra 5 International Relations and Historical Sociology Breaking down boundaries Stephen Hobden 6 Equivalence in Comparative Politics Edited by Jan W. van Deth 7 The Politics of Central Banks Robert Elgie and Helen Thom