The African Garrison State - Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea

A comprehensive study of how and why the bright prospects the new state of Eritrea had in 1991 were undercut, turning the country into one of the world's most authoritarian, militarised, isolated, and human rights-abusing states.

List of contents

Introduction: The Eritrean African Garrison State
Judicial development in independent Eritrea: Legal pluralism and political containment
Rule of law(lessness) in Eritrea: The special court and the judiciary
Democratic curtailment in Eritrea: 'Never democracy, always control!'
Obliterating civil society in Eritrea: Denying freedom of organisation and expression
The Eritrean Gulag archipelago: Prison conditions, torture and extrajudicial killings
Everyday life of detention and disappearances in Eritrea: Vulnerable groups in a population under siege
Minority marginalisation in Eritrea: EPLF's politics of cultural superiority
Diversity diminished in Eritrea: Targeting the Kunama minority group
The militarisation of Eritrean society: Omnipresent and neverending military service
Eritrea? Towards a transition?

About the author

Kjetil Tronvoll, Daniel R. Mekonnen

Summary

Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state".

Product details

• Authors: Daniel R Mekonnen, Daniel R. Mekonnen, Kjetil Tronvoll
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2016
• EAN: 9781847010698
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-069-8
• No. of pages: 223
• Weight: 534 g
• Illustrations: 1 black & white line drawing
• Series: Eastern Africa Series; Eastern Africa; Eastern Africa Series; Eastern Africa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education