TY - BOOK
T1 - Secessionism in African Politics
T2 - Aspiration, Grievance, Performance, Disenchantment
A2 - de Vries, L.
A2 - Englebert, Pierre
A2 - Schomerus, Mareike
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90206-7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90206-7
M3 - Book editing
SN - 9783319902050
T3 - Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies
BT - Secessionism in African Politics
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -