The Political Economy of Xenophobia in Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Akinola, Adeoye O. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Political economy.; Regionalism.; Ethnology-Africa.; African Politics.; International Political Economy.; African Culture.

This book analyzes the phenomenon of xenophobia across African countries. With its roots in colonialism, which coercively created modern states through border delineation and the artificial merging and dividing of communities, xenophobia continues to be a barrier to post-colonial sustainable peace a...