Perspectives on the state borders in globalized Africa / edited by Yuichi Sasaoka, Aim©♭ Raoul Sumo Tayo and Sayoko Uesu.
| Other author | Sasaoka, Y¿±ichi. |
| Other author | Sumo Tayo, Aim©♭ Raoul. |
| Other author | Uesu, Sayoko. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in international relations and global politics |
| Contents | New perspectives on the African state borders / Sasaoka -- From contested borders to cross-border cooperation in the Lake Chad Basin : stakes and challenges / Sumo -- A porous border and economic activity in the Kampala Kinshasa market, West Nile, Northern Africa / Yamizaki -- Cross-border refugee crisis and local governments in the West Nile Region, Uganda / Kamei -- Mobility as a culture in rural Africa / Sekiya -- Micro-regionalism in Southern Africa / Sasaoka -- Transnational violent actors in the borderlands of the Sahel and challenges for stabilization : any role for Japan? / Uesu -- Insecurity in the Horn of Africa and IGAD / Takezawa -- The hardening of African borders in the era of growing security threats and the Global War on Terror / Sumo -- Porous boudaries and anisotropic mobility : migration and cross-border trade between Nigeria and Japan / Matsumoto -- Decentralization and conflict prevention in East Africa / Sasaoka. |
| Abstract | "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, it is possible that 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021042988 |
| ISBN | 9781032064338 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032064345 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |