Del 0 - Integration and Conflict Studies

Playing Different Games

The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Focusing on ethnicity and its relation to conflict, this book goes beyond sterile debates about whether ethnic identities are ‘natural’ or ‘socially constructed’. Rather, ethnic identity takes different forms. Some ethnic boundaries are perceived by the actors themselves as natural, while others are perceived to be permeable. The argument is substantiated through a comparative analysis of ethnic identity formation and ethnic conflict among the Anywaa and the Nuer in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia. The Anywaa and the Nuer are not just two ethnic groups but two kinds of ethnic groups. Conflicts between the Anywaa and Nuer are explained with reference to three variables: varying modes of identity formation, competition over resources and differential incorporation into the state system.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIntegration and Conflict Studies
Antal sidor254
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9780857450883

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Dereje Feyissa was a 21st Century Centre of Excellence Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Osaka University, from 2003 to 2005, and a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle from 2005 to 2008. He has lectured on Ethiopian history and politics at Alemaya University and at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and on Social Anthropology at Martin Luther University and the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Currently, Dereje is a Humboldt Fellow for Experienced Researchers at the University of Bayreuth. His publications focus on social inequality, identity and conflict, ethnic groups and the state, customary institutions of conflict resolution, Islam in contemporary Ethiopia and the political economy of development.

List of Figures and Tables PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Acronyms Introduction: the Regional Setting of Ethnic Identification and Ethnic ConflictPART I: THEORY AND METHODOLOGYChapter 1. Theoretical Orientation and ArgumentsPART II: THE CONTRASTChapter 2. The Anywaa Primordialist Ethnic Identity FormationChapter 3. The Nuer Constructivist Ethnic Identity FormationPART III: THE ENCOUNTERChapter 4.In the Riverine LandsChapter 5. The Cultural ContestationChapter 6.Differential Incorporation into the Ethiopian StateChapter 7. The Anywaa Response to Ethiopian Ethnic FederalismChapter 8. The Nuer Response to Ethiopian Ethnic FederalismChapter 9. Civil War in the Sudan and Ethnic Processes in the Gambella Region Conclusion: Modes of Ethnic Identification Glossary of Local TermsReferencesIndex