Table of Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Self-Determination in History; Part II: Resonance of Conflicts in the Horn of Africa; References; Index
Summary
Contemporary states are generally presumed to be founded on the elements of nation, people, territory, and sovereignty. In the Horn of Africa however, the attempts to find a neat congruence among these elements created more problems than they solved. Leenco Lata demonstrates that conflicts within and between states tend to connect seamlessly in the region. When these conflicts are seen in the context of pressures on the state in an era of heightened globalization, it becomes obvious that the Horn needs to adopt multidimensional self-determination. In Structuring the Horn of Africa as a Comm
