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Places Sudan's oil industry (examined here in macro, micro and
political terms), its economy, external relations and changing
politics under the impact of the Darfur conflict and the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement, in the wider context of the
expansion of Asia's global economic strength. By successfully
turning to China, Malaysia and India from the mid-1990s, amidst
civil war and political isolation, Khartoum's 'Look East' policy
transformed Sudan's economy and foreign relations. Sudan, in turn,
has been a key theatre of Chinese, Indian and Malaysian overseas
energy investment. What began as economic engagements born of
pragmatic necessity later became politicized within Sudan and
without, resulting in global attention. Despite its importance,
widespread sustained interest and continuing political controversy,
there is no single volume publication examining the rise and nature
of Chinese, Malaysian and Indian interests in Sudan, their economic
and political consequences, and role in Sudan's foreign relations.
Addressing this gap, this book provides a groundbreaking analysis
of Sudan's 'Look East' policy. It offers the first substantive
treatment of a subject of fundamental significancewithin Sudan
that, additionally, has become a globally prominent dimension of
its changing international politics. Daniel Large is research
director of the Africa Asia Centre, Royal African Society at the
School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and founding
director of the Rift Valley Institute's digital Sudan Open Archive.
Luke A. Patey is a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for
International Studies.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Analyses the structural and
institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional
societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and
institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and
how to overcome these. In the early 1990s, a wave of
democratization swept through many African countries, but its
prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in
sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done
about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the Greater Horn
investigates the impact on the efforts to bring greater
democratization of the characteristically complex socio-economic
state structures of the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa
and, importantly, suggests an alternative, more effective,
approach. Detailed studies of Ethiopia, Somaliland, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda
reveal the difficulties posed byinstitutional structures that are
often weak and lack accountability; fragmented economies - which
range from modern capitalist to subsistence farming and pastoral
systems; and governance marked by differing conceptions of property
rights and conflict adjudication practices and varied resource
allocation systems. Chronic violent ethnic-based civil wars and
social conflicts and deep-rooted ethnic divisions only exacerbate
the states' ability to foster democratic governance, or even to
manage diversity properly. The contributors examine why the
countries of the Horn have been unable to overcome these obstacles
to democratization and explore how and why an alternative approach
is morelikely to be compatible with the socioeconomic realities and
cultural values in transitional societies. Kidane Mengisteab is
Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Pennsylvania
State University. He is co-editor of Regional Integration, Identity
and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa (James Currey, 2012)
and, most recently, Traditional Institutions in Contemporary
African Governance (2017). FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY
Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to
democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies,
fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or
deformed state structures - and how to overcome these. In the early
1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African
countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach
failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and
what can be done about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the
Greater Horn investigates the impact on the efforts to bring
greater democratization of the characteristically complex
socio-economic state structures of the countries of the Greater
Horn of Africa and, importantly, suggests an alternative, more
effective, approach. Detailed studies of Ethiopia, Somaliland,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda
reveal the difficulties posed by institutional structures that are
often weak and lack accountability; fragmented economies - which
range from modern capitalist to subsistence farming and pastoral
systems; and governance marked by differing conceptions of property
rights and conflict adjudication practices and varied resource
allocation systems. Chronic violent ethnic-based civil wars and
social conflicts and deep-rooted ethnic divisions only exacerbate
the states' ability to foster democratic governance, or even to
manage diversity properly. The contributors examine why the
countries of the Horn have been unable to overcome these obstacles
to democratization and explore how and why an alternative approach
is more likely tobe compatible with the socioeconomic realities and
cultural values in transitional societies. Kidane Mengisteab is
Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Pennsylvania
State University. He is co-editor ofRegional Integration, Identity
and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa (James Currey, 2012)
and, most recently, Traditional Institutions in Contemporary
African Governance (2017).
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