Post-conflict reconstruction and development in Africa : concepts, role-players, policy and practice / edited by Theo Neethling and Heidi Hudson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neethling, Theo, editor.

Hudson, Heidi, editor.

Hudson, Heidi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Africa.

Peace-building.

Politics and government.

Economic development.

Postwar reconstruction.

Civil-military relations.

Peacekeeping forces.

Africa.

Peacekeeping forces--Africa.

Conflict management--Case studies.

Conflict management.

Civil-military relations--Africa.

Postwar reconstruction--Africa.

Economic development--Africa.

Africa--Politics and government--21st century.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations University Press, 2013.

Summary:

During the 1990s, nine out of ten of the bloodiest conflicts occurred on the African continent. And despite some 20 peacebuilding operations in Africa in the last 25 years, there is still a significant lack of cohesive strategy to target the key areas in the regeneration of a conflict-ridden country. An Afrocentric perspective is therefore a suitable starting point for research into the possible strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding. It is clear that a military approach to peace missions needs to include developmental, economic and governance support to ensure lasting stability and human security. Furthermore, an army needs to be equipped and trained for these multiple roles that previously were regarded as secondary functions, but are now priorities in peace mission involvement. The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of 'post-conflict' and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analysing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army's strategy, which has been developed with the African Union's 2006 Post-conflict, Reconstruction and Development Needs Assessment Guide in mind. This book emanates from this plan. It therefore also explores South Africa's policy imperatives to integrate development projects and peace missions, involving the military as well as civilian organisations. While this book is not intended as an instruction manual, it hopes to ignite an understanding of the particular processes required to develop a sustainable and cohesive post-conflict peacebuilding strategy within the African environment. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Conceptual Roots

Chapter 1 Political, Civilian and Military Dimensions of PCRD / Cedric de Coning Coning, Cedric de 17

Chapter 2 Looking In or Transforming Up: Conceptual Dilemmas of Liberal Peacebuilding and PCRD / Heidi Hudson Hudson, Heidi 37

Chapter 3 PCRD in Historical Perspective: International Approaches and Experiences / Annette Seegers Seegers, Annette 61

Chapter 4 The Ethics Question: Towards a Normative Framework for PCRD / Deane-Peter Baker Baker, Deane-Peter 89

Chapter 5 Developmental Peace Missions: The South African Conceptual Approach / Laetitia Olivier Olivier, Laetitia 111

Part II Role-Players in Context

Chapter 6 The African Union's Partnerships: Symbiotic Coordination as a Policy Instrument / Tim Murithi Murithi, Tim 133

Chapter 7 Building Capacity from Above and Below: Why Gender Matters in the Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Contexts / Lindy Heinecken Heinecken, Lindy 147

Chapter 8 UN Post-conflict Programming Under Challenge in the Post-electoral DRC / Theo Neethling Neethling, Theo 163

Chapter 9 Post-war Programming in Sierra Leone: Revisiting the Challenges and Achievements of the UN / Laetitia Olivier Olivier, Laetitia, Theo Neethling Neethling, Theo, Benjamin Mokoena Mokoena, Benjamin 185

Part III Policy and Practice

Chapter 10 Foreign Policy and the Military: In Service of Reconstruction and Development? / Maxi Schoeman Schoeman, Maxi 209

Chapter 11 Campaigns or Contingency? South Africa, Africa and the 21st-century Defence Design / Greg Mills Mills, Greg 227.

Notes:

"First published 2013 in South Africa by UCT Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Hudson, Heidi. Changing global strategic environment - what is new?

ISBN:

9789280812312

9280812319

OCLC:

847763409