War and conflict in Africa / Paul D. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Paul D., 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and war--Africa--History.

Politics and war.

International cooperation.

History.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Polity, 2016.

Summary:

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. But how can we explain this proliferation of armed conflicts? What caused them and what were their main characteristics? And what did the world's governments do to stop them? In this fully revised and updated second edition of his popular text, Paul Williams offers an in-depth and wide-ranging assessment of more than 600 armed conflicts which took place in Africa from 1990 to the present day-from the continental catastrophe in the Great Lakes region to the sprawling conflicts across the Sahel and the web of wars in the Horn of Africa. Taking a broad comparative approach to examine the political contexts in which these wars occurred, he explores the major patterns of organized violence, the key ingredients that provoked them, and the major international responses undertaken to deliver lasting peace. War and Conflict in Africa will be essential reading for all students of international peace and security studies as well as Africa's international relations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I: Contexts; Counting Africa's conflicts (and their casualties); The terrain of struggle

Part II: Ingredients; Neopatrimonialism; Resources; Sovereignty; Ethnicity; Religion; Part III: Responses; Organization-building; Peacemaking; Peace operations; Aid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-345) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Williams, Paul D., 1975- author. War and conflict in Africa.

ISBN:

9781509509041

1509509046

9781509509058

1509509054

OCLC:

922155359