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The central objective of the book is to examine the historical sociology of state formation in the Horn of Africa (HOA). It examines interrelated trajectories, processes, routes and consequences, and explains briefly the genesis, trajectory, contours, anatomies, routes and metamorphoses of state. Its focus is on the routes and models of state formation, rather than on countries themselves. The HOA countries, based on the routes and models of state formation, are clustered in three cases in this book.

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    These include: Eritrea: The Making of a Nation (2007); State-building in Post-liberation Eritrea: Challenges, Achievement and Potentials (2009); Self-Determination and Secession in Africa: The Post-Colonial State (2015); State Building and National Identity Reconstruction in the Horn of Africa (2017); and National Liberation Movements as Governments in Africa (2018).

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Bereketeab, R. (2023). Introduction: Challenges of State Formation. In: Historical Sociology of State Formation in the Horn of Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24162-8_1

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