Author : Eisei Kurimoto
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Conflict, Age & Power in North East Africa by : Eisei Kurimoto
Download or read book Conflict, Age & Power in North East Africa written by Eisei Kurimoto and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age systems are involved in the competition for power. They are part of an institutional complex that makes societies fit to wage war. This book argues that in postcolonial North East Africa, with its recent history of national political conflict and civil and regional wars, the time has come to reemphasize the military and political relevance of age systems. Herein is new information about age systems in North East Africa, setting them firmly in a wider spatial and temporal context. Topics examined are regional age systems, the decline of some systems and the persistence of others, the way women are included or excluded, and the politicization and militarization of age systems in national political conflicts and civil wars.