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"The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises. The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state, intra-state and inter-communal conflicts. The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by widespread debilitating poverty, ch...
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Polity,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hot spots in global politics
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| Summary: |
"The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises. The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state, intra-state and inter-communal conflicts. The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by widespread debilitating poverty, chronic food insecurity, and frequent cycles of famines. The effects of the third--environmental--crisis are all too visible in the droughts, deforestation and desertification ravaging the region. Furthermore, these three crises are mutually reinforcing, locking the region into a cycle of disaster. Confl |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745651224 (paperback) 0745651224 (paperback) 9780745651217 (hardback) : 0745651216 |
| Index Number: | DT367 |
| CLC: | D742.20 |
| Call Number: | D742.20/K463 |
| Contents: | The greater Horn of Africa : hot spot in the global system -- Conflicts in the greater Horn -- The legacy of empires -- The state as a source of conflict -- Failures of governance and nation-building -- Regional instability and external intervention -- Poor resource management and environmental degradation -- Prospects for democracy, integration and stability. |