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Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa - Conference : Selected Papers

English · Hardback

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Klappentext The Horn of Africa has suffered repeated disasters: wars, drought, famine, mass refugee movements and environmental decline. This book explains the historical and political background to these crises and outlines the prospects for development in the region. Experts on the Horn cover a broad range of topics, including ethnic conflict, gender and refugees, food security, the survival of pastoralism, the future of independent Eritrea, operations of intelligence agencies and the possibilities for regional cooperation. Zusammenfassung The Horn of Africa has suffered repeated disasters: wars, drought, famine, mass refugee movements and environmental decline. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - List of Contributors - The Horn of Africa: Basic Data - Introduction: The Horn of Africa, States of Crisis; J.Sorenson - Poverty, Powerlessness and the Imperial Interstate System in the Horn of Africa; A.Jalata - Intelligence Operations in the Horn of Africa; R.Pateman - Carrying Each Others' Burden: Political Challenge in the Horn of Africa; T.Isaac - Reflections on the Political Economy of Transition in Eritrea: Lessons from Asia's Newly-Industrializing Countries; O.Yohannes - Roots of Famine in Sudan's Killing Fields; J.Prendergast - Pastoralist Resource Use and Access in Somalia: A Changing Context of Development, Environmental Stress and Conflict; J.D.Unruh - Disaster, Relief and Political Change in Southern Ethiopia: Developments from within Suri Society; J.Abbink - From Famine to Food Security in the Horn of Africa; P.Webb - Disastrous Pasts, Sustainable Futures?: Land and Peasants in Ethiopia; J.Campbell - Caught between Two Worlds: Eritrean Women Refugees and Voluntary Repatriation; H.Moussa - Disaster in the Horn of Africa: The Impact on Public Health; M.Kelly - New Regionalisms in Africa as Responses to Environmental Crises: IGADD and Development in the Horn in the mid-1990s; T.M.Shaw - Index

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Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - List of Contributors - The Horn of Africa: Basic Data - Introduction: The Horn of Africa, States of Crisis; J.Sorenson - Poverty, Powerlessness and the Imperial Interstate System in the Horn of Africa; A.Jalata - Intelligence Operations in the Horn of Africa; R.Pateman - Carrying Each Others' Burden: Political Challenge in the Horn of Africa; T.Isaac - Reflections on the Political Economy of Transition in Eritrea: Lessons from Asia's Newly-Industrializing Countries; O.Yohannes - Roots of Famine in Sudan's Killing Fields; J.Prendergast - Pastoralist Resource Use and Access in Somalia: A Changing Context of Development, Environmental Stress and Conflict; J.D.Unruh - Disaster, Relief and Political Change in Southern Ethiopia: Developments from within Suri Society; J.Abbink - From Famine to Food Security in the Horn of Africa; P.Webb - Disastrous Pasts, Sustainable Futures?: Land and Peasants in Ethiopia; J.Campbell - Caught between Two Worlds: Eritrean Women Refugees and Voluntary Repatriation; H.Moussa - Disaster in the Horn of Africa: The Impact on Public Health; M.Kelly - New Regionalisms in Africa as Responses to Environmental Crises: IGADD and Development in the Horn in the mid-1990s; T.M.Shaw - Index

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Authors John Sorenson, Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library O
Assisted by Joh Sorenson (Editor), John Sorenson (Editor)
Publisher Palgrave USA
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 06.11.1995
 
EAN 9780312125387
ISBN 978-0-312-12538-7
No. of pages 272
Series International Political Economy Series
Compass Series
International Political Econom
International Political Economy Series
Subjects Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

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