03311nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001600167072002300183072001500206100007700221245009500298250001800393264007900411300004500490336002600535337002600561338003600587347002400623490005000647505037200697520128601069650002302355650003702378650001102415650002802426650003102454650002202485650003202507650002602539710003402565773002602599776003602625776003602661776003602697830005002733856004602783978-3-031-50426-6DE-He21320251030111419.0cr nn 008mamaa240207s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315042667 a10.1007/978-3-031-50426-62doi 4aJF20-2112 7aJPQ2bicssc 7aPOL0280002bisacsh 7aJPQ2thema1 aFiseha, Assefa.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aFederalism, Devolution and Cleavages in Africah[electronic resource] /cby Assefa Fiseha.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVIII, 449 p. 3 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aFederalism and Internal Conflicts,x2946-53890 a1. The Nation State, Normative Assumptions and Rival Nationalisms -- 2. Federations: Main Features -- 3. Federations and Second Chambers -- 4. Federalism, Devolution and Territorially Based Cleavages in Africa: Does Institutional Design Matter? -- 5. Devolution and Transition in Sudan -- 6. Constitutional adjudication and Constitutional Governance -- 7. Conclusion.  aThis book explores the relationship between federalism, social divides and conflict in African countries. It details the origins, design and performance of major federal and quasi-federal states to assess their performance and propose new methods for managing these divides. Drawing on evidence from countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, the book examines the nature and causes of ethnonationalism, mobilisation and confrontation with the nation state. The book is a comprehensive treatment of the five major federal and devolved systems in Africa. It explains their origin, design and operation, and assesses their performance. More importantly, the book explains the distinct nature of federal and devolved systems in the Global South. Federal and devolved systems in Africa cannot be understood in isolation from the nature of state power on the continent. The book explains the impact of unregulated state power on the dynamics of federal and devolved systemsin Africa. Federalism and devolution have not failed but have been betrayed – both in the past and the present – in serving as a venue for accommodation, intergovernmental bargaining and negotiated reform. Assefa Fiseha is Professor of Law and Governance at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. 0aPolitical science. 0aAfricaxPolitics and government. 0aPeace. 0aComparative government.14aGovernance and Government.24aAfrican Politics.24aPeace and Conflict Studies.24aComparative Politics.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303150425908iPrinted edition:z978303150427308iPrinted edition:z9783031504280 0aFederalism and Internal Conflicts,x2946-538940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50426-6