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State versus ethnic claims : African policy dilemmas / edited by Donald Rothchild and Victor A. Olorunsola.

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How can today's independent African states preserve and enhance their coherence while accommodating the legitimate demands advanced by ethnic groups for autonomy and particular interests? This problem is critically important not only in Africa, but also in efforts to establish mutually benefici...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Rothchild, Donald S., Olorunsola, Victor A., 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: LONDON : ROUTLEDGE, 2019.
Series:Westview special studies on Africa.
Subjects:
Africa > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Africa.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Managing competing state and ethnic claims / Donald Rothchild and Victor A. Olorunsola
  • Francophone nations and English-speaking states : imperial ethnicity and African political formations / Ali A. Mazrui
  • Part II. State claims and their implications for ethnic relations
  • The state and society in Africa : ethnic stratification and restratification in historical and comparative perspective / RenĂ© Lemarchand
  • Problems and prospects of state coherence / Goran Hyden
  • Ethnicity versus the state : the dual claims of state coherence and ethnic self-determination / John Stone
  • The state and ethnicity : integrative formulas in Africa / Henry Bienen
  • The manipulation of ethnicity : South Africa in comparative perspective / Heribert Adam
  • A response to Heribert Adam, and a rebuttal / Pierre L. van den Berghe and Heribert Adam
  • Part III. The claims of ethnic groups
  • Modernization, ethnic competition, and the rationality of politics in contemporary Africa / Robert H. Bates
  • Collective demands for improved distributions / Donald Rothchild
  • Comparative claims to political sovereignty : Biafra, Katanga, Eritrea / Crawford Young
  • Part IV. Policies to manage competing claims
  • African public policies on ethnic autonomy and state control / Donald Rothchild and Victor A. Olorunsola
  • The state, public policy and the mediation of ethnic conflict in Africa / Edmond J. Keller
  • Part V. The dialectic of autonomy and control
  • Federalism and politics of compromise / J. Isawa Elaigwu and Victor A. Olorunsola
  • Geoethnicity and the marign of autonomy in the Sudan / Dunstan M. Wai
  • The Ogaadeen question and changes in Somali identity / David Laitin.

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