Routledge Handbook of Social Cohesion in Africa

Constanze Blum is a post-doctoral researcher at the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) at Leipzig University (Germany). Her research focuses on the diverse and competing understandings of social cohesion in Southern and East Africa, as well as their transnational entanglements. She also works on the African Union, particularly the organization’s external partnerships and practices in international development cooperation.Ulf Engel is professor of politics in Africa at the Institute of African Studies, Leipzig University (Germany). He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and professor extraordinary at the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Since 2006, he has advised the African Union Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security in the fields of conflict prevention, early warning, preventive diplomacy, and knowledge management.Christi van der Westhuizen is professor of sociology at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). She is also a former visiting professor at the Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe) and the Institute of African Studies, both at Leipzig University (Germany). As a transdisciplinary scholar and political analyst, she writes both academically and popularly on ideology, identity, and difference, with a focus on colonial, apartheid, and post-apartheid South Africa.

• Preface 1. Capturing Social Cohesion Section 1: Social Cohesion and Related Concepts 2. Social Capital 3. Resilience: Strengthening Resilience and Social Cohesion through a Portfolio Approach in Borderland Development 4. Trust: Barriers to Governance Mechanisms for Facilitating Trust and Belonging in South African Cities Section 2: African Knowledge on Social Cohesion 5. Unveiling the Weave: Social Cohesion in African Post-Colonial State- and Nation-Building 6. Two Types of “Group Feeling”: Ibn Khaldun’s Asabiyyah and Its North African Legacies 7. Gadaa and Social Cohesion: Ethiopia 8. Social Cohesion in Guinea: Is It Not True That the Tongue and Teeth Rub Together in the Mouth Without Ever Tearing? 9. Social Cohesion or Tattered Bonds: Reimagining the Family Regulation System 10. Performing Peace in Francophone West Africa: Discourses of Cohésion Sociale in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Burkina Faso 11. Vivre-ensemble among Anglophones and Francophones in Cameroon: A Historical Challenge Section 3: Measuring Social Cohesion 12. Elections on the Edge: How Lack of Social Cohesion Fuels Political Violence in Côte d’Ivoire 13. Social Cohesion in Kenya: The Complexities of Developing a National Social Cohesion Index 14. Social Cohesion in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings: Insights from a Barometer in Northern Mozambique 15. The History, Methodology, and Impact of the South African Reconciliation Barometer 16. Reflecting on a Framework for an African Measure of Social Cohesion 17. Measuring Social Cohesion in Africa: An Empirical Overview from the Afrobarometer and the World Values Survey Section 4: The Policy Environment for Social Cohesion 18. Inequality and Social Cohesion in Africa 19. Is Social Cohesion the Panacea for Populism? 20. Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa 21. Jihadism and Social Cohesion 22. Contested Social Cohesion in Independent Namibia 23. Ideological Contestations over Social Cohesion: The Case of Somali Refugees at the Dadaab Camps, Northeastern Kenya 24. On Centering Black Male Performativities: Social Cohesion in Recent African Diaspora Online Activism 25. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector and its Contribution to Social Cohesion in Botswana 26. Social Cohesion through Sports in Africa 27. Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion 28. Social Cohesion in South Africa through the Lens of Queer Justice, Incorporating Ubuntu Section 5: Policies of Social Cohesion 29. The Political Economy of Social Cohesion: The Role of African Regional Organizations and International Donors 30. Social Cohesion in Development Cooperation Policies and Practices 31. Queering Community Kitchens toward Safer Spaces through Social Cohesion: Narrative Research in Cape Town, South Africa 32. Bottom-Up Social Cohesion Policies in Western and Central Africa: Experiences and Challenges 33. Social Cohesion after War in Northern Ethiopia: Transitional Justice and National Dialogue as Security Issues 34. “This Is Now the Time to Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares”: Mugabe, Race, and the Politics of Social Cohesion in Zimbabwe 35. South Africa’s State-Led Social Cohesion and Nation-Building Project Concepts, Cosmologies, and Contexts of Social Cohesion Politics in Africa 36. Concepts, Cosmologies, and Contexts of Social Cohesion in Africa