Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone / Amadu Sesay [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sesay, Amadu.

Series:

Codesria book series.

Codesria book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Sierra Leone.

Postwar reconstruction.

Postwar reconstruction--Liberia.

Liberia--Politics and government--1980-.

Liberia.

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

Sierra Leone.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The shocks of the unexpected outbreak of violent internal armed conflicts in post Cold War West Africa continue to linger in policy and academic circles. While considerable attention is devoted to explaining the civil wars, there is little understanding of the delicate and unpredictable processes of reconstruction. Post-war reconstruction programmes in Africa have become, by and large, externally driven processes; and while externalisation may not be negative per se, it is important to interrogate how such intervention recognises and interacts with local dynamics, and how it manipulates and co

Contents:

Post-war regimes and state reconstruction: a framework for analysis and comparative experience

State collapse and civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Liberia

Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone

Post-war regimes and reconstruction: analysis of empirical data from Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-109).

ISBN:

9786612901508

9781282901506

1282901508

9782869784130

2869784139

9782869783690

2869783698

9782869783003

2869783000

OCLC:

741350890