Geographical Strain,Action Sequence and the Governance Effectiveness of Secessionist Movements:Based on an Investigation of Four African Countries
How African countries govern secessionist movements is a meaningful topic.As a dynamic framework,the Geographical Strain Model(GSM)connects geographical concepts with cultural,political,and economic factors,which is used to explain the causes of the variation in types of secessionist movements and to assess the countries'governance effectiveness in managing secessionist movements.According to the analytical logic of the GSM,the author posits that African countries'adjustments to geographical strains can be divided into two sets of mechanisms.The first mechanism prioritizes the adjustment of geocultural strains.In an environment of high geopolitical tensions,prioritizing the adjustment of geopolitical cultural tensions can paradoxically amplify geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions,thereby leading to the ineffectiveness of the country's governance.The second mechanism involves the prioritization of adjusting geopolitical or geoeconomic strains.Stable geopolitical and geoeconomic relations are prerequisites for effectively governing secessionist movements.However,the sole adjustment of geopolitical or geoeconomic strains can only achieve partial governance of secessionist movements.This paper argues that the key to governing secessionist movements lies in the adjustment of geographical strains,and action sequence taken by a country to control the three categories of geographical strains significantly affects the governance effectiveness.The GSM provides a new analytical framework for the study of secessionist movements and can also offer policy insights for developing countries in effectively managing secessionist movements.
Geopolitical Strain ModelAction SequenceSecessionist MovementsGovernance EffectivenessAfrican States
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