Perspectives on the state borders in globalized Africa

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Perspectives on the state borders in globalized Africa

edited by Yuichi Sasaoka, Aimé Raoul Sumo Tayo and Sayoko Uesu

（Routledge advances in international relations and politics）

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Assessing the different kinds of borders between African nations, the contributors present a borderland and trans-region approach to understanding the challenges and opportunities facing the peoples of the African continent. Africa faces rampant violence, terrorism, deterioration of water-energy-food provision, influxes of refugees and immigrants, and religious hatred under the trends of globalization. Solutions for these issues require new perspectives that are not attempted by conventional state building approaches. Statehood is limited in many places on the African continent, because many states are combined by loose political ties. African states' borders tend to be regarded as porous and fragile. However, as the contributors to this volume argue, it is possible that porous borders can contribute to cultural and socio-economic network construction beyond states and the creation of active borderlands by increasing people's mobility, contact, and trade. A must read for scholars of African studies,

Contents of Works

  • New perspectives on the African state borders / Sasaoka
  • From contested borders to cross-border cooperation in the Lake Chad Basin : stakes and challenges / Sumo
  • A porous border and economic activity in the Kampala Kinshasa market, West Nile, North-western Uganda / Yamazaki
  • Cross-border refugee crisis and local governments in the West Nile Region, Uganda / Kamei
  • Mobility as a culture in rural Africa / Sekiya
  • Micro-regionalism in Southern Africa / Sasaoka
  • Transnational violent actors in the borderlands of the Sahel and challenges for stabilization : any role for Japan? / Uesu
  • Insecurity in the Horn of Africa and the role of IGAD / Takezawa
  • The hardening of African borders in the era of growing security threats and the global war on terror / Sumo
  • Porous boundaries and anisotropic mobility : migration and cross-border trade between Nigeria and Japan / Matsumoto
  • Decentralization and conflict prevention in East Africa / Sasaoka

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Assessing the different kinds of borders between African nations, the contributors present a borderland and trans-region approach to understanding the challenges and opportunities facing the peoples of the African continent. Africa faces rampant violence, terrorism, deterioration of water-energy-food provision, influxes of refugees and immigrants, and religious hatred under the trends of globalization. Solutions for these issues require new perspectives that are not attempted by conventional state-building approaches. Statehood is limited in many places on the African continent because many states are combined by loose political ties. African states' borders tend to be regarded as porous and fragile. However, as the contributors to this volume argue, those porous borders can contribute to cultural and socio-economic network construction beyond states and the creation of active borderlands by increasing people's mobility, contact, and trade. A must read for scholars of African studies that will also be of great value to academics and students with a broader interest in nationhood, globalization, and borders.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. New Perspectives on the African State Borders 2. From Contested Borders to Cross-border Cooperation in the Lake Chad Basin: Stakes and Challenges 3. A Porous Border and Economic Activity in the Kampala Kinshasa Market, West Nile, Northwestern Uganda 4. Cross-Border Refugee Crisis and Local Governments in the West Nile Region, Uganda 5. Mobility as a Culture in rural Africa 6. Micro-Regionalism in Southern Africa 7. Transnational Violent Actors in the Borderlands of the Sahel and Challenges for Stabilization: Any role for Japan? 8. Insecurity in the Horn of Africa and IGAD 9. The Hardening of African Borders in the Era of Growing Security Threats and the Global War on Terror 10. Porous Boundaries and Anisotropic Mobility: Migration and Cross-Border Trade between Nigeria and Japan 11. Decentralization and Conflict Prevention in East Africa Conclusion

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