{"product_id":"the-horn-of-africa-state-formation-and-decay-paperback","title":"The Horn of Africa: State Formation and Decay - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Clapham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contemporary nation-states, despite the striking regional particularity inherited from the colonial past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristopher Clapham explores how the Horn's peculiar topography gave rise to the Ethiopian empire, the sole African state not only to survive European colonialism, but also to participate in a colonial enterprise of its own. Its impact on its neighbours, present-day Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Somaliland, created a region very different from that of post-colonial Africa. This dynamic has become all the more distinct since 1991, when Eritrea and Somaliland emerged from the break-up of both Ethiopia and Somalia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet this evolution has produced highly varied outcomes in the region's constituent countries, from state collapse (and deeply flawed reconstruction) in Somalia, through militarised isolation in Eritrea, to a still fragile 'developmental state' in Ethiopia. The tensions implicit in the process of state formation now drive the relationships between the once historically close nations of the Horn.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Clapham is based at the Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University, and recently retired as editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Modern African Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. Until December 2002, he was Professor of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University. He is a specialist in the politics of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, and his books include \u003cem\u003eTransformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), \u003cem\u003eAfrica and the International System\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), and\u003cem\u003e African Guerrillas (\u003c\/em\u003e1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44291513778278,"sku":"9780197692196","price":60.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iEPZjyq0b-9780197692196.webp?v=1766867367","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-horn-of-africa-state-formation-and-decay-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}