Secessionism in African Politics Aspiration, Grievance, Performance, Disenchantment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: de Vries, Lotje (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Englebert, Pierre (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schomerus, Mareike (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Series in African Borderlands Studies
• Subjects: Africa-Politics and government.; Political theory.; Public policy.; World politics.; Regionalism.; African Politics.; Political Theory.; Public Policy.; Political History.
• Physical Description: XXIII, 501 p. 6 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319902067
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90206-7

Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state. Using historical and contemporary approaches, this edited volume offers the most exhaustive collection of empirical studies of African secessionism to date. The respected expert contributors put salient and lesser known cases into comparative perspective, covering Biafra, Katanga, Eritrea and South Sudan alongside Barotseland, Cabinda, and the Comoros, among others. Suggesting that African secessionism can be understood through the categories of aspiration, grievance, performance, and disenchantment, the book's analytical framework promises to be a building block for future studies of the topic. .