The real politics of the Horn of Africa : money, war and the business of power /
De Waal, Alex.
The real politics of the Horn of Africa : money, war and the business of power / by Alex de Waal. - Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity,, c2015. ; - xi, 267 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
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 speculative bubble -- Somalia: a post-apocalypse workshop -- Somaliland: a business-social contract -- Eritrea: a museum of modernism -- Ethiopia: is state-building still possible? -- Transnational patronage: shadow globalization and the regional marketplace -- The politics of ideas: perplexed intellectuals and policymakers.
9780745695587 (pbk.) : $28.84 9780745695587 (pbk.)
2015004483
Political culture--Horn of Africa.
Political violence--Horn of Africa.
Political corruption--Horn of Africa.
Horn of Africa--Politics and government.
DT367.8 / .D4 2015
AFR 306.2096 De 2015
The real politics of the Horn of Africa : money, war and the business of power / by Alex de Waal. - Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity,, c2015. ; - xi, 267 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
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 speculative bubble -- Somalia: a post-apocalypse workshop -- Somaliland: a business-social contract -- Eritrea: a museum of modernism -- Ethiopia: is state-building still possible? -- Transnational patronage: shadow globalization and the regional marketplace -- The politics of ideas: perplexed intellectuals and policymakers.
9780745695587 (pbk.) : $28.84 9780745695587 (pbk.)
2015004483
Political culture--Horn of Africa.
Political violence--Horn of Africa.
Political corruption--Horn of Africa.
Horn of Africa--Politics and government.
DT367.8 / .D4 2015
AFR 306.2096 De 2015