This book analyses the historical sociology of state formation in the Horn of Africa. While the proto-state model explicates an indigenous historical process of state formation, the colonial model refers to an externally designed and imposed process of state formation.
Redie Bereketeab is Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute at Uppsala University, Sweden. His latest publications include: National Liberation Movements as Government in Africa (2019), and Alternatives to Neoliberal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Africa (2021). His research interest include political sociology, development sociology, African studies, conflict, peacebuilding, regional integration.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1: Introduction: Challenges of State Formation.- Chapter 2: Theories of State Formation.- Chapter 3: Proto-state Formation: Ethiopia.- Chapter 4: Colonial State Formation.- Chapter 5: The National Liberation State.- Chapter 6: State Legitimacy and Government Performance in the Horn of Africa.- Chapter 7: Common Characteristics of the Three Typologies of State Formation: Synthesis.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.