Intro
Preface
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
1 Introduction: Challenges of State Formation
Introduction
Pathologies Hampering State Formation in the HOA
Interplay of the Pathologies
External Interventions
Conceptual Framework
Methodology
Theme and Organisation of the Book
References
2 Theories of State Formation
Introduction
Evolution of the State
Structural-Functionalist Theory
Institutionalist Theory
Social Contract Theory
Theories of the Origin of the State
Theory of the Colonial Origins of the State: The Bastard State

Diffusion Theory
Decolonisation as an Exercise of the Right to Self-Determination and State Formation
Conclusion
References
3 Proto-State Formation: Ethiopia
Introduction
A Brief History of Statehood: The Dynastic Origin of the State
The Emergence of the Modern State in Ethiopia
Haile Selassie: The Modernising Monarch
Military-Revolutionary Socialist State Formation
Rebellion, Ethnic Nationalism and Ethnic Federalist State Formation
Multiethnic State Formation Versus Ethnic Nationalist State Formation
Post-EPRDF and Post-Revolutionary Democracy State Formation

Ethnic Federalist State Formation Versus Civic State Formation
Conclusion
References
4 Colonial State Formation
Introduction
State Formation Under the Aegis of Colonialism
Consequences of Colonialism: State Deformity
Decolonisation: The Postcolonial State
Conclusion
References
5 The National Liberation State
Introduction
Protracted War and the Role of National Liberation Movements
Characteristics of the National Liberation State
Eritrea, South Sudan and Somaliland
Eritrea
South Sudan
Somaliland
Challenges of Post-Liberation State Formation

Conclusion
References
6 State Legitimacy and Government Performance in the Horn of Africa
Introduction
Sources of State Legitimacy
Definitions of Legitimacy
Conceptualising Legitimacy and Performance
Weber's Trinity Theory
Social Contract Theory
Performance or Revolutionary Legitimacy
Government Performance
Horn of Africa: The Deficiency of, Obstacles to and Search for Legitimacy
Conclusion
References
7 Common Characteristics of the Three Typologies of State Formation: Synthesis
Introduction
Common State Functions

Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces Contesting State Formation in the Region
Conclusion
References
8 Conclusion
Introduction
Proto-State Formation
Colonial State Formation
Annexation and Voluntary Union as Deconstruction and Construction of State Formation
Institutionalisation
State Legitimacy
Globalisation Versus the Viability of the Western State Model
Conclusion
References
Index.