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The African state

Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl

Internasjonal politikk, 2004-01, Vol.62 (4), p.499-515 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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The African state
Autor: Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl
Assuntos: Africa ; Civil war ; Political authority ; Political conditions ; Political theory ; Regional conflicts ; State ; State formation ; State-society relations
É parte de: Internasjonal politikk, 2004-01, Vol.62 (4), p.499-515
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Descrição: The article discusses the African state, using Michael Mann's theory of state formation as a starting point. Mann describes state formation as a process through which society is gradually «caged in» by the state, establishing the state as the highest political authority and the final arbiter of conflict within its territory. I argue that African states have been unable to «cage in» their societies. On the one hand, this means that politics does not only consist in struggles about control over the state or the content of state policies. Instead, the state's right to formulate laws and policies that are binding for society as a whole is challenged. On the other hand, since the state is unable to control its borders, interstate relations also take a different form. Conflicts that start as civil wars tend to spread across borders, without any of the affected states being able to prevent it. As a result, the distinction between the internal and the external becomes blurred. Reprinted by permission of Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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