{"product_id":"9781666972894","title":"Interstate Wars in Africa Costs, Trade and Territoriality","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInterstate Wars in Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCosts, Trade and Territoriality\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBhaso Ndzendze\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ African\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy have interstate wars broken out in Africa, what are their economic impacts, and what are viable solutions?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBhaso Ndzendze examines competing explanations for these conflicts over borders and develops a new theory-Varieties of Inverted Legitimacy-that puts regime type difference at the fore of why states escalate over territories that sometimes have neither exceptional agricultural value nor any known mineral reserves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrucially, the book reinstates continental agency by placing emphasis on African states' own rivalries as the primary variable behind these dyadic conflicts - finding external powers to have little to no influential role in the outbreaks despite Cold War and geopolitically competitive contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the Ogaden War (1977-78), the Uganda-Tanzania War (1978-79), and Eritrea-Ethiopia War (1998-2000) as case studies, Ndzendze traverses precolonial and post-independence histories, trade data, and state symbolism to distill the causes, costs and viable solutions to these disputes which threaten economic integration on the continent under the African Continental Free Trade Area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBhaso Ndzendze is Full Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a PhD in International Relations and is Deputy Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary African Studies \u003c\/i\u003eand Editor in Chief of \u003ci\u003eDigital Policy Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666972894\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515357560972,"sku":"9781666972894","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_bcd6dac4-91fd-485b-ba2e-4b06430b4304.jpg?v=1784692763","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666972894","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}