When the state fails : studies on intervention in the Sierra Leone civil war / edited by Tunde Zack-Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zack-Williams, Tunde.

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sierra Leone--Politics and government--1961-.

Sierra Leone.

Politics and government.

Civil war--Sierra Leone.

Civil war.

Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002.

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 288 pages : map, illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press ; New York : distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

This book offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building.

YUSUF BANGURA, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

This fills an important niche in our perception of the era of civil war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath. Policy makers, those interested in development studies and scholars in general should pay keen attention.

MAGBAILY FYLE, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University

Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of what happened, and examines its ongoing consequences.

Sierra Leone's civil war began in 1991 and was officially declared over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. The contributors provide an informed analysis of the impact of the intervention on democracy, development and society in Sierra Leone. They take a particularly critical view of the imposition of neoliberalism after the conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Introduction: Background to War and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding 3

1 Multilateral Intervention in Sierra Leone's Civil War: Some Structural Explanations / Tunde Zack-Williams Zack-Williams, Tunde 13

2 International Actors and Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Time for Stock-Taking / Marcella Macauley Macauley, Marcella 31

3 International Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: The Case of the United Kingdom / Michael Kargbo Kargbo, Michael 65

4 Intervention and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: A Critical Perspective / Jimmy D. Kandeh Kandeh, Jimmy D. 89

Part II

5 The Role of External Actors in Sierra Leone's Security Reform / Osman Gbla Gbla, Osman 117

6 Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa: The Sierra Leone Experience / Sylvia Macauley Macauley, Sylvia 145

7 Youth Marginalization in Post-War Sierra Leone: Mapping out the Challenges for Peace / J. D. Ekundayo-Thompson Ekundayo-Thompson, J. D. 172

8 Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: The Role of the Sierra Leone Diasporas / Zubairu Wai Wai, Zubairu 203

9 Conclusion 247.

Notes:

"Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, The Nordic Africa Institute"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index.

ISBN:

9780745332215

0745332218

9780745332208

074533220X

OCLC:

748328840