1st Edition
Perspectives on the State Borders in Globalized Africa
Introduction 1. New Perspectives on the African State Borders Sasaoka 2. From Contested Borders to Cross-border Cooperation in the Lake Chad Basin: Stakes and Challenges Sumo 3. A Porous Border and Economic Activity in the Kampala Kinshasa Market, West Nile, Northwestern Uganda Yamazaki 4. Cross-Border Refugee Crisis and Local Governments in the West Nile Region, Uganda Kamei 5. Mobility as a Culture in rural Africa Sekiya 6. Micro-Regionalism in Southern Africa Sasaoka 7. Transnational Violent Actors in the Borderlands of the Sahel and Challenges for Stabilization: Any role for Japan? Uesu 8. Insecurity in the Horn of Africa and IGAD Takezawa 9. The Hardening of African Borders in the Era of Growing Security Threats and the Global War on Terror Sumo 10. Porous Boundaries and Anisotropic Mobility: Migration and Cross-Border Trade between Nigeria and Japan Matsumoto 11. Decentralization and Conflict Prevention in East Africa Sasaoka Conclusion
Biography
Yuichi Sasaoka is a professor in the Graduate School of Governance Studies at Meiji University, Japan.
Aimé Raoul Sumo Tayo is a senior researcher at the Center for Strategic Studies and Innovations, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Sayoko Uesu is a research associate at National Graduate Institute for Policy Research (GRIPS), Japan.
