Ethnicity, Citizenship and State in Eastern Africa Aquiline Tarimo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarimo, Aquiline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Africa, East.

Citizenship.

Ethnicity--Africa, East.

Ethnicity.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa, 2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, from an Africa perspective, examines the relationship between ethnicity and citizenship within the framework of nation-state. Its objective and scope engage relational aspects of political integration, awaken public conscience, and motivate civic engagement. It provides a platform that could be considered prerequisite for political transformation. Such a framework is indispensable not only for challenging the politics of exclusion and marginalization, but also for reconstructing fractured social relationships. The test of its validity and relevancy is not whether it accounts for p

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Institutionalization of Ethnicity; 2. Politicization of Ethnic Identities; 3. Ethnic Diversity and Political Integration; 4. Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Self-Determination; 5. Religion, Politics, and Civil Society; 6. Foundations of Political Integration; Bibliography; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613063649

9781283063647

1283063646

9789956579785

9956579785

9789956579778

9956579777

9789956579761

9956579769

OCLC:

823850949