Centering Borders and Borderlands: The Evidence from Africa

Hoehne, Markus Virgil; Feyissa, Dereje

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“…Thus, this inverted approach not only helps explain the limitations of state sovereignty (revealing its myths) but also reveals state borders themselves as sources of power that drive the social and institutional formation of border regions (Hoehne & Feyissa, 2013;Sohn, 2014). Accordingly, border integration processes need not imply that sovereign borders be weakened.…”

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The periphery at the centre: an analysis of Latin American regionalism from the borders

Iranzo

Santos

2020

Space and Polity

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The article analyses the role of border in theories and policies of Latin American regionalism. It shows that neither the explanatory 'waves' of regionalism in studies of International Relations nor Latin American regional integration policies have addressed borders seriously. Accordingly, it argues for a view of border regions as key political and epistemological places for understanding spatial relations between state, region, and globalization. Though some academic and political initiatives have started to unpack the Cartesian reading of border in Latin American regionalism, the article argues that further steps can be taken by treating borders (peripheries) as epistemological centres.

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Section: The Periphery As An Epistemic Centrementioning

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The periphery at the centre: an analysis of Latin American regionalism from the borders

Iranzo

Santos

2020

Space and Polity

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“…This border was drawn by French imperialists, with a ruler, and cut through the middle of the Sahara desert (Lecocq, 2010). Once again, there was no demarcation of this border on the ground, and yet it officially divided Tuareg and Moorish communities and families in the region into separate countries (Hoehne and Feyissa, 2013). This French-drawn line also cut straight through well-established and vital trade networks that had connected the Sahelian and Saharan regions .…”

Section: Old Trade Routes and Modern Bordersmentioning

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The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling

Gallien¹,

Weigand²

2021

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“…The salience of the nation-family in the borderlands between Niger and Burkina Faso corroborates findings from the Gambella region between Ethiopia and Sudan, where the Anywaa people ‘are strongly attached to the sites where their ancestors lived and often tenaciously occupied them in face of extermination’ (Evans-Pritchard 1940: 37) 15 . Borders, even ‘arbitrary’ ones, are consequential as sites where people form and renegotiate political identities (Hoehne & Feyissa 2013).…”

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Nation-state or nation-family? Nationalism in marginalised African societies

Bhandari

Mueller²

2019

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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Scholars have long puzzled over strong nationalism in weak African states. Existing theories suggest that (a) incumbent leaders use nationalistic appeals to distract people from state weakness; or (b) citizens use nationalistic claims to exclude rival groups from accessing patronage and public goods. But what explains robust nationalism in places where politicians seldom visit and where the state under-provides resources, as is true across much of Africa? We propose a theory of familial nationalism, arguing that people profess attachment to a nation-family instead of to a nation-state under conditions where the family, and not the state, is the main lifeline. We substantiate it using surveys from the border between Niger and Burkina Faso, where an international court ruling allowed people to choose their citizenship, thus providing a test for nationalism in marginalised communities. We supplement the border data with surveys and focus groups from the capitals of both countries.

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Centering Borders and Borderlands: The Evidence from Africa

Cited by 26 publications

References 27 publications

The periphery at the centre: an analysis of Latin American regionalism from the borders

The periphery at the centre: an analysis of Latin American regionalism from the borders

The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling

Nation-state or nation-family? Nationalism in marginalised African societies

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