Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa (International Political Economy Series)

The Horn Of Africa Has Come To Symbolize The Extremes Of Human Suffering As The Region Has Endured Repeated Disasters: Wars, Drought, Famine, Mass Refugee Movements And Environmental Decline. In The 1990s Critical Changes Took Place In The Horn: Ethiopia's Military Government Was Deposed, Ending Africa's Longest War; Eritrea Emerged As Africa's Newest Independent Nation; Somalia Collapsed, Requiring International Intervention To Deliver Food To A Population Menaced By Feuding Warlords; And Ethnic Conflict Split Sudan As Millions Starved. What Do These Changes Entail For The Peoples Of The Horn? 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, Humanitarian Intervention, Gender And Refugees, Food Security, The Survival Of Pastoralism, The Future Of Independent Eritrea, Operations Of Intelligence Agencies And The Possibilities For Regional Cooperation.--jacket. The Horn Of Africa : States Of Crisis / John Sorenson -- Poverty, Powerlessness And The Imperial Interstate System In The Horn Of Africa / Asafa Jalata -- Intelligence Operations In The Horn Of Africa / Roy Pateman -- Carrying Each Other's Burden : Political Challenge In The Horn Of Africa / Tseggai Isaac -- Reflections On The Political Economy Of Transition In Eritrea : Lessons Form Asia's Newly-industrializing Countries / Okbazghi Yohannes -- Roots Of Famine In Sudan's Killing Fields / John Prendergast -- Pastoralist Resource Use And Access In Somalia : A Changing Context Of Development, Environmental Stress And Conflict / Jon D. Unruh -- Disaster, Relief And Political Change In Southern Ethiopia : Developments From Within Suri Society / Jon Abbink -- From Famine To Food Security In The Horn Of Africa / Patrick Webb -- Disastrous Pasts, Sustainable Futures? Land And Peasants In Ethiopia / John Campbell -- Caught Between Two Worlds : Eritrean Women Refugees And Voluntary Repatriation / Helene Moussa -- Disaster In The Horn Of Africa : The Impact On Public Health / Marion Kelly -- New Regionalisms In Africa As Responses To Environmental Crises : Igadd And Development In The Horn In The Mid-1990s / Timothy M. Shaw. Edited By John Sorenson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii The Horn of Africa: States of Crisis....Pages 1-30 Poverty, Powerlessness and the Imperial Interstate System in the Horn of Africa....Pages 31-48 Intelligence Operations in the Horn of Africa....Pages 49-71 Carrying Each Other’s Burden: Political Challenge in the Horn of Africa....Pages 72-92 Reflections on the Political Economy of Transition in Eritrea: Lessons from Asia’s Newly-Industrializing Countries....Pages 93-111 Roots of Famine in Sudan’s Killing Fields....Pages 112-125 Pastoralist Resource Use and Access in Somalia: A Changing Context of Development, Environmental Stress and Conflict....Pages 126-150 Disaster, Relief and Political Change in Southern Ethiopia: Developments from within Suri Society....Pages 151-170 From Famine to Food Security in the Horn of Africa....Pages 171-186 Disastrous Pasts, Sustainable Futures? Land and Peasants in Ethiopia....Pages 187-207 Caught between Two Worlds: Eritrean Women Refugees and Voluntary Repatriation....Pages 208-227 Disaster in the Horn of Africa: The Impact on Public Health....Pages 228-248 New Regionalisms in Africa as Responses to Environmental Crises: IGADD and Development in the Horn in the Mid-1990s....Pages 249-263 Back Matter....Pages 265-272 "The Horn of Africa has come to symbolize the extremes of human suffering as the region has endured repeated disasters: wars, drought, famine, mass refugee movements and environmental decline. In the 1990s critical changes took place in the Horn: Ethiopia's military government was deposed, ending Africa's longest war; Eritrea emerged as Africa's newest independent nation; Somalia collapsed, requiring international intervention to deliver food to a population menaced by feuding warlords; and ethnic conflict split Sudan as millions starved. What do these changes entail for the peoples of the Horn?"--BOOK JACKET. "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, humanitarian intervention, gender and refugees, food security, the survival of pastoralism, the future of independent Eritrea, operations of intelligence agencies and the possibilities for regional cooperation."--BOOK JACKET