Perspectives on the State Borders in Globalized Africa (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)
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- Synopsis
- Assessing the different kinds of borders between African nations, the contributors present a borderland and trans-region approach to understanding the challenges and opportunities facing the peoples of the African continent. Africa faces rampant violence, terrorism, deterioration of water-energy-food provision, influxes of refugees and immigrants, and religious hatred under the trends of globalization. Solutions for these issues require new perspectives that are not attempted by conventional state-building approaches. Statehood is limited in many places on the African continent because many states are combined by loose political ties. African states’ borders tend to be regarded as porous and fragile. However, as the contributors to this volume argue, those porous borders can contribute to cultural and socio-economic network construction beyond states and the creation of active borderlands by increasing people’s mobility, contact, and trade. A must read for scholars of African studies that will also be of great value to academics and students with a broader interest in nationhood, globalization, and borders.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000542783
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032064345, 9781003202318, 9781032064338
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 01/12/23
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Yuichi Sasaoka, Aimé Raoul Sumo Tayo and Sayoko Uesu
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Yuichi Sasaoka
- Edited by:
- Aimé Raoul Tayo
- Edited by:
- Sayoko Uesu
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