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Moving beyond the current fixation on "state construction," the
interdisciplinary work gathered here explores regulatory authority
in South Sudan's borderlands from both contemporary and historical
perspectives. Taken together, these studies show how emerging
governance practices challenge the bounded categorizations of
"state" and "non-state."
Current international discourse on the new state of South Sudan
seems fixated on the "state construction." This book aims to
broaden the debate by examining the character of regulatory
authority in South Sudan's borderlands in both contemporary and
historical perspective. The contributions gathered here show that
emerging border governance practices challenge the bounded
categorization of "state" and "non-state," especially in the
complex interactions between state, military, and business actors
and power structures. It thus provides a timely and sophisticated
contribution to the literature on African borderlands, examining a
new state in creation at its borders, and providing an
anthropologically and historically informed view of a rapidly
evolving situation.
Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in
Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the
aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state. Using historical
and contemporary approaches, this edited volume offers the most
exhaustive collection of empirical studies of African secessionism
to date. The respected expert contributors put salient and lesser
known cases into comparative perspective, covering Biafra, Katanga,
Eritrea and South Sudan alongside Barotseland, Cabinda, and the
Comoros, among others. Suggesting that African secessionism can be
understood through the categories of aspiration, grievance,
performance, and disenchantment, the book's analytical framework
promises to be a building block for future studies of the topic.
Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in
Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the
aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state. Using historical
and contemporary approaches, this edited volume offers the most
exhaustive collection of empirical studies of African secessionism
to date. The respected expert contributors put salient and lesser
known cases into comparative perspective, covering Biafra, Katanga,
Eritrea and South Sudan alongside Barotseland, Cabinda, and the
Comoros, among others. Suggesting that African secessionism can be
understood through the categories of aspiration, grievance,
performance, and disenchantment, the book's analytical framework
promises to be a building block for future studies of the topic.
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