The West, Civil Society and the Construction of Peace
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 616-621
ISSN: 0020-577X
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In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 616-621
ISSN: 0020-577X
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 72, Heft 4, S. 453-472
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In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 59, Heft 2, S. 153-178
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In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 499-515
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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.
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 62, Heft 4, S. 579-602
ISSN: 0020-577X