DR John Campbell jc58@soas.ac.uk
Reader in the Anthropology of Africa&Law
Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa
Campbell, John
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Abstract
In 1998 a bloody war erupted in The Horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Eritrea. During the war Ethiopia arrested and expelled 70,000 of its citizens, and stripped another 50,000-plus of their citzenship on the basis of their presumed ethnicity. Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa examines the events which led up to the war, documents the expulsions and denationalisations that took place and follows the flight of these stateless Ethiopians out of the Horn into Europe. The core issue examined is the link between sovereignty and statelessness as this plays out in The Horn of Africa and in the West. The book provides a valuable insight into how nations create and perpetuate statelessness, the failure of law, both national and international, to protect and address the plight of stateless persons, and the illusory nature of nationalism, citizenship and human rights in the modern age. The study is one of a very few which examines the problem of statelessness through the accounts of stateless persons themselves. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in anthropology, law, politics, African studies and refugee studies as well as professionals and all those interested in stateless persons in the West, including Eritreans, who continue to be denied basic rights.
Citation
Campbell, J. (2015). Nationalism, Law and Statelessness: Grand Illusions in the Horn of Africa. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203584057
Book Type | Authored Book |
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Publication Date | Jun 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jun 10, 2015 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Series Title | Explorations in Development Studies |
ISBN | 9780415634939 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203584057 |
Keywords | statelessness, law, Horn of Africa, asylum, Nationalism, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Refugee law |
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