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Title: | Chad: The Misadventures of the North-South Dialectic |
Author: | Lemarchand, René |
Year: | 1986 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | September |
Pages: | 27-41 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Chad |
Subjects: | political stability Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/524081 |
Abstract: | In Chad, a basic source of conflict arises from the division between the Arabized north and a non-Arab south. However, factional splits supersede north-south polarities. The movement from ethno-regional polarization to factionalism cannot be properly grasped unless attention is given to the breakdown of state institutions. External involvement is also a crucially important dimension for grasping the roots of factionalism. Sections: The north-south cleavage: an ambiguous paradigm - The trend towards fragmentation: statelessness as a variable - The Libyan connection. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |