Contemporary social life in the Horn region is generally a state-orchestrated experience that terrorizes the majority of the people. The essays in this collection examine the social experience of this terror, which is often manifested in the violation of human rights, democracy, justice and freedom.
People who live in the countries of the "Horn of Africa" have faced pervasive and perpetual crisis for a long time: a crisis accentuated throughout the 1990s. This collection of essays examines different aspects of the crisis, addressing the acute conditions under which people live their lives.
'The deep level of analysis is made possible by the well-constructed framework of issues relating to the relative health of the state in each country. In addition, those who are unfamiliar with the region of the Horn of Africa would also find the initial comparative chapters useful as a solid introduction to the politics of this area.' Just News '...a most interesting collection of articles...the book serves as a useful introduction to the pervasive and perpetual crisis that is the Horn of Africa.' Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
