Identity and values in education
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In: European dimension in education and teaching 2
In: Julkaisusarja B / Tampereen yliopisto, Kasvatustieteiden laitos n:o 16
In: Series B / University of Tampere, Department of Education n:r 16
ISSN: 0784-9745
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 68, Heft 4, S. 647-650
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 61, Heft 4, S. 495-505
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 69, Heft 2, S. 342-344
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 68, Heft 1, S. 168-171
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Treaties and other International Acts Series, 9649
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In: Skrifter 3
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 313-316
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 499-515
ISSN: 0020-577X
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 & 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 politics. Instead, the state's right to formulate laws & 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 & the external becomes blurred. 28 References. Adapted from the source document.