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Zones of conflict in Africa : theories and cases / edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr. and Ida Rousseau Mukenge.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil war--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Civil war.
- Civil war--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Case studies.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Torn by ongoing civil and military violence, Africa presents a challenge to scholars interested in the root causes of conflict. Each conflict is unique, but overall they exhibit common patterns. The contributors of this book employ an eclectic array of current explanations of civil strife and how to resolve it. The first half of the book provides the relevant theoretical background. Theories of conflict and conflict resolution, the larger context of African strife in Africa, and patterns and trends of conflict are discussed. Shifting from the general to the particular, the remaining chapters of this volume gauge the accuracy and usefulness of the current thinking on conflicts by grounding it in case studies drawn from the Great Lakes Region, Liberia, Nigeria, and Zambia.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface
- Part I: Background
- 1 Introduction
- Ida Rousseau Mukenge
- 2 Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- George Klay Kieh, Jr.
- 3 The Context of Civil Conflict in Africa
- 4 Civil Conflicts in Africa: Patterns and Trends
- Part I: Case Studies
- 5 Civil Conflicts and Conflict Management in the Great Lakes
- Region of Africa
- Musifiky Mwanasali
- 6 Understanding the Liberian Civil War
- Augustine Konneh
- 7 Military Rule and Sociopolitical Crises in Nigeria
- Pita Ogaba Agbese
- 8 The Somali Civil War
- 9 Democratic Consolidation and Civil Conflict in Zambia
- Julius Ihonvbere
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216040293
- 9786610373710
- 9781280373718
- 1280373717
- 9780313010835
- 0313010838
- OCLC:
- 55483140
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