Real politics of the Horn of Africa :
De Waal, Alex,
Real politics of the Horn of Africa : money, war and the business of power / Money, war and the business of power Alex de Waal. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA Polity, 2015 - xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Introduction: Observing the business of power -- The political marketplace : politics is business and business is politics -- The Horn of Africa : subcontinental war in three acts -- Darfur : the auction of loyalties -- Sudan : managing the unmanageable -- South Sudan : the boom and bust of a Kleptocracy -- Somalia : a post-apocalypse workshop -- Somaliland : a business-social contract -- Eritrea : a museum of modernism -- Ethiopia : is state-building still possible? -- Transnational patronage and dollarization -- Towards a more perfect marketplace?
"The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals. Drawing on a thirty-year career in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, including experience as a participant in high-level peace talks, Alex de Waal provides a unique and compelling account of how these countries leaders run their governments, conduct their business, fight their wars and, occasionally, make peace. De Waal shows how leaders operate on a business model, securing funds for their political budgets which they use to rent the provisional allegiances of army officers, militia commanders, tribal chiefs and party officials at the going rate. This political marketplace is eroding the institutions of government and reversing statebuilding--and it is fuelled in large part by oil exports, aid funds and western military assistance for counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa is a sharp and disturbing book with profound implications for international relations, development and peacemaking in the Horn of Africa and beyond"--Back cover.
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Political culture--Horn of Africa.
Political violence--Horn of Africa.
Political corruption--Horn of Africa.
Comportement politique.
Politique intérieure.
Corruption.
Violence politique.
Guerres.
Political corruption.
Political culture.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Horn of Africa--Politics and government.
Corne de l'Afrique.
Soudan.
Erythré.
Ethiopie.
Somalie.
Africa--Horn of Africa.
Darfur.
Eritrea.
Somalia.
Somaliland.
Sudan.
DT367 / .W44 2015
306.20963
Real politics of the Horn of Africa : money, war and the business of power / Money, war and the business of power Alex de Waal. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA Polity, 2015 - xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Introduction: Observing the business of power -- The political marketplace : politics is business and business is politics -- The Horn of Africa : subcontinental war in three acts -- Darfur : the auction of loyalties -- Sudan : managing the unmanageable -- South Sudan : the boom and bust of a Kleptocracy -- Somalia : a post-apocalypse workshop -- Somaliland : a business-social contract -- Eritrea : a museum of modernism -- Ethiopia : is state-building still possible? -- Transnational patronage and dollarization -- Towards a more perfect marketplace?
"The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals. Drawing on a thirty-year career in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, including experience as a participant in high-level peace talks, Alex de Waal provides a unique and compelling account of how these countries leaders run their governments, conduct their business, fight their wars and, occasionally, make peace. De Waal shows how leaders operate on a business model, securing funds for their political budgets which they use to rent the provisional allegiances of army officers, militia commanders, tribal chiefs and party officials at the going rate. This political marketplace is eroding the institutions of government and reversing statebuilding--and it is fuelled in large part by oil exports, aid funds and western military assistance for counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa is a sharp and disturbing book with profound implications for international relations, development and peacemaking in the Horn of Africa and beyond"--Back cover.
9780745695587 0745695582
John Wiley & Sons Inc, Order Processing Dept 432 Elizabeth Ave, Somerset, NJ, USA, 08873 SAN 200-2272
2015004483
GBB597375 bnb
017452893 Uk
Political culture--Horn of Africa.
Political violence--Horn of Africa.
Political corruption--Horn of Africa.
Comportement politique.
Politique intérieure.
Corruption.
Violence politique.
Guerres.
Political corruption.
Political culture.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Horn of Africa--Politics and government.
Corne de l'Afrique.
Soudan.
Erythré.
Ethiopie.
Somalie.
Africa--Horn of Africa.
Darfur.
Eritrea.
Somalia.
Somaliland.
Sudan.
DT367 / .W44 2015
306.20963