A secondary goal of the collection is to illustrate the prominence of mechanisms for peacemaking in medieval European society.

David Laitin addresses the problem of language planning in Africa and the role of language politics in the process of state formation.

This volume will be of enormous interest to all students and scholars of democracy and comparative politics, and politics and international relations in general.

The book outlines the state of the debate rather than focusing on controversies alone and maps how different scholarly communities have reflected on the dissolution of the country, what arguments remain open in scholarly discourse and ...