Diasporas, development and peacemaking in the Horn of Africa
By: edited by Liisa Laakso and Petri Hautaniemi
Contributors: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Series: Africa now; Africa now (Zed Books)
Publisher: Zed Books; Nordic Africa Institute
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London, UK; Uppsala, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781783600984; 9781783600977; 9781783600991; 9781783601004; 9781783601011
Subjects: Refugees; Case studies; Somali diaspora; African diaspora; Somalis; Migrations; Politics and government
Description: Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : diasporas for peace and development / Petri Hautaniemi and Liisa Laakso; title: Part 1. Contextualizing the Horn of Africa and the diaspora. Diaspora and multi-level governance for peace / Liisa Laakso; title: Regional political history and the production of diasporas / Guenther Schlee; title: Part 2. Case studies from the Horn of Africa. Rebuilding Somaliland through economic and educational engagement / Markus Virgil Hoehne and Mohamed Hassan Ibrahim; title: The Somali diaspora in conflict and peacebuilding : the Peace Initiative Programme / Mahdi Abdile; title: The 2007 delegation of the Muslim diaspora to Ethiopia / Dereje Feyissa; title: The Ethiopian diaspora and the Tigray Development Association / Bahru Zewde, Gebre Yntiso and Kassahun Berhanu; title: Part 3. European approaches to diaspora engagement. Interaction between Somali organizations and Italian and Finnish development actors / Petra Mezzetti, Valeria Saggiomo and Päivi Pirkkalainen; title: Approaches to diaspora engagement in the Netherlands / Giulia Sinatti; title: Norwegian collaboration with diasporas / Rohan Ezzati and Cindy Horst; title: Afterword / Petri Hautaniemi, Liisa Laakso and Mariko Sato.