State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa

ISBN-13: 9783319398914 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 246 str.

Redie Bereketeab

Opis

This book examines post-secession and post-transition state building in Somaliland, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It explores two intimately linked, yet analytically distinct themes: state building and national identity reconstruction following secession and collapse. In Somaliland and South Sudan, rearranging the state requires a complete metamorphosis of state institutions so that they respond to the needs and interests of the people. In Sudan and Somalia, the reconfiguration of the remains of the state must address a new reality and demands on the ground. All four cases examined, although highly variable, involve conflict. Conflict defines the scope, depth and momentum of the state building and state reconstruction process. It also determines the contours and parameters of the projects to reconstitute national identity and rebuild a nation. Addressing the contested identity formation and its direct relation to state building would therefore go a long way in mitigating conflicts and state crisis.

Spis treści

PART ONE: Context and Concepts 

1. Introduction: The Challenges of State Building, State Reconstruction and National Identity Reconfiguration 

Redie Bereketeab

PART TWO: Post-Secession State Building: Somaliland, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan

2. Reconstructing the National State of Somalia: The Role of Traditional Institutions and Authorities

Abdurahman Abdullahi (Baadiyow)

3. Negotiating with Somalia: Is it an Option or a Foreign Imposition? 

Nasir M. Ali

4. Reconciliation and Peace-Making: The Somali National Movement and the Somaliland Experience of State Building

Abdirahman Yusuf Duale (Bobe)

5. State Building in the Republic of South Sudan: Challenges and Aspirations 

Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie

6. Borderlands and the Restructuring of Sudan following South Sudan’s Secession 

Abdalbasit Saeed

PART THREE: Reconfiguration of National Identity in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland

7. Somalia: Reconfigeration of National Identity

Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) 

8. Crisis of Identity in a Hybrid Polity: The Case of Somaliland 

Ali Noor Mohamed

9. Identity Formation in Post-Secession Sudan

Hamed Omer Hawi 

10. National Identity Reconfiguration in South Sudan: Strength and Weaknesses 

Dhieu Mathok

11. The Dynamics of National Identity-Building in South Sudan

Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie 

12. Conclusion: From Deconstruction to Reconstruction

Redie Bereketeab 

O autorze

Redie Bereketeab is Associate Professor of Sociology and currently working as Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden. He has authored several books, book chapters, and journal articles. His latest publication include Self-Determination and Secession in Africa: The Post-Colonial State (ed., 2015) and Revising the Eritrean National Liberation Movement, 1961-91 (2016).