Respacing Africa
Biographical note
Ulf Engel, Dr. phil. (1994) and Habilitation (1999) in Political Science, is a Professor of Politics in Africa at the University of Leipzig. He has published extensively on Africa's international relations. He also co-edited African Alternatives (with L. de Haan and P. Chabal; Brill, 2007).
Paul Nugent, Ph.D. (1991), SOAS, is Professor of Comparative African History and Director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He has published three monographs, including Africa Since Independence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and has a particular interest in border spaces. Paul is the current President of AEGIS.
Paul Nugent, Ph.D. (1991), SOAS, is Professor of Comparative African History and Director of the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He has published three monographs, including Africa Since Independence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and has a particular interest in border spaces. Paul is the current President of AEGIS.
Readership
All those interested in new social dynamics in Africa and the changes in established academic disciplines dealing with change in Africa.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Introduction: The spatial turn in African studies ........................ 1
Ulf Engel and Paul Nugent
Actors, places, regions, and global forces: An essay on the spatial history of Africa since 1700 ......... 11
Allen M. Howard
State, region and space in Africa .................................................... 45
Fredrik Söderbaum and Ian Taylor
Siamese twin towns and unitary concepts in border inequality .................................................................. 71
David B. Coplan
Respacing for peace, security and sustainable development: The African Union Border Programme in European
comparative historical perspective ............................................. 89
Anthony I. Asiwaju
Staying put in moving sands.
The stepwise migration process of sub-Saharan African migrants heading north .............. 113
Joris Schapendonk
Reshaping Congolese statehood in the midst of crisis and transition .................................. 139
Timothy Raeymaekers and Koen Vlassenroot
The neo-tribal competitive order in the borderland of Egypt and Libya ................................. 169
Thomas Hüsken
List of contributors ............................................................................ 207
Index .................................................................................................... 211
Introduction: The spatial turn in African studies ........................ 1
Ulf Engel and Paul Nugent
Actors, places, regions, and global forces: An essay on the spatial history of Africa since 1700 ......... 11
Allen M. Howard
State, region and space in Africa .................................................... 45
Fredrik Söderbaum and Ian Taylor
Siamese twin towns and unitary concepts in border inequality .................................................................. 71
David B. Coplan
Respacing for peace, security and sustainable development: The African Union Border Programme in European
comparative historical perspective ............................................. 89
Anthony I. Asiwaju
Staying put in moving sands.
The stepwise migration process of sub-Saharan African migrants heading north .............. 113
Joris Schapendonk
Reshaping Congolese statehood in the midst of crisis and transition .................................. 139
Timothy Raeymaekers and Koen Vlassenroot
The neo-tribal competitive order in the borderland of Egypt and Libya ................................. 169
Thomas Hüsken
List of contributors ............................................................................ 207
Index .................................................................................................... 211
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