{"product_id":"identity-citizenship-and-political-conflict-in-africa-hardback-9780253011787","title":"Identity, Citizenship, and Political Conflict in Africa (Hardback) 9780253011787","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIdentity, Citizenship, and Political Conflict in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdmond J. Keller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253011787\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keller shows a strong understanding of the political dynamics at play in the discourse around identity and citizenship in Africa. He does not declare a one-size-fit-all attitude in his analysis of the various countries used as case studies. By consciously declaring that there is no one way to read civil conflict in modern Africa, he makes the book an obvious work in progress. This is welcomed given the complex nature of various African nation states. I find the book to be incisive in analysis and critical to the issues of identity and citizenship in Africa. It potentially forms a significant text for scholars and students of African conflict studies. For ordinary readers, the work is engaging and detailed with current information about the situation in many African countries.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Most certainly, Identity, Citizenship, and Political Conflict in Africa is a useful publication, which contributes to the disciplines of African studies, history, and politics and should benefit students, general readers, and scholars with interdisciplinary academic interests.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrica Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book would certainly be useful in graduate seminars on African politics, African history or ethnic politics. It is written in a clear, straightforward style that also makes it appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate classes. Keller also offers insights for policymakers and development practitioners who continue to grapple with the real-world consequences of citizenship conflicts.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Keller has written an impressive and path-breaking book in African politics that can be useful by upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in African studies.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Conflict and Peacebuilding Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Altogether, this book offers a fine survey of the essential question of citizenship in Africa, one that will be of particular value to those without prior exposure to the scholarship on the topic. It is also a fitting testimony to a rich academic career.\"—\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"By interrogating theories of citizenship and by looking at the citizenship question in Africa within a historical and comparative perspective, Edmond J. Keller enhances the debate on citizenship and democratization in political science in general, and with respect to African politics in particular.\"—Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Clear and lucid. . . . Offers a promising design for careful comparative exploration of a core issue confronting contemporary Africa—the definition of citizenship as a legal and moral issue in a political environment where in most states ethnic attachment coexists with national identity.\"—M. Crawford Young, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the processes of nation-building and citizenship formation in Africa, Edmond J. Keller believes that although some deep parochial identities have eroded, they have not disappeared and may be more assertive than previously thought, especially in instances of political conflict. Keller reconsiders how national identity has been understood in Africa and presents new approaches to identity politics, intergroup relations, state-society relations, and notions of national citizenship and citizenship rights. Focusing on Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Rwanda, he lays the foundation for a new understanding of political transition in contemporary Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Citizenship and Political Conflict in Contemporary Africa\u003cbr\u003e 1. Identity, Citizenship, and Nation Building in Africa\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theoretical and Formal-Legal Dimensions of the Concept of Citizenship in Africa\u003cbr\u003e 3. Toward an Analytical Framework of Identity and Citizenship in Africa\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Identity Politics and Selected Cases in Conflict over Citizenship Rights in Africa\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nigeria: Indigeneity and Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ethiopia: The Politics of Late Nation Building and the National Question\u003cbr\u003e 6. Côte d'Ivoire: Ivorité and Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 7. Kenya: Citizenship, Land, and Ethnic Cleansing\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rwanda: Exclusionary Nationalism, Democracy, and Genocide\u003cbr\u003e Summary and Conclusion: Identity, Citizenship, and Social Conflict \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523889230104,"sku":"9780253011787","price":45.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/identity-citizenship-and-political-conflict-in-africa-hardback-9780253011787","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}