Peacebuilding, power, and politics in Africa / edited by Devon Curtis and Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa ; foreword by Adekeye Adebajo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curtis, Devon.

Dzinesa, Gwinyayi Albert.

Series:

Cambridge Centre of African Studies series.

Cambridge Centre of African Studies series

Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Africa.

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Africa--International cooperation.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key institutions, including the African Union, NEPAD, the African Development Bank, the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Civil

Contents:

Introduction : The contested politics of peacebuilding in Africa / Devon Curtis

Peace as an incentive for war / David Keen

Statebuilding and governance : the conundrums of legitimacy and local ownership / Dominik Zaum

Security sector governance and peacebuilding / Eboe Hutchful

The limits of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration / Paul Omach

The role of the African Union, new partnership for Africa's development, and African Development Bank in postconflict reconstruction and peacebuilding / Gilbert M. Khadiagala

Peacebuilding as governance : the case of the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Service / Chris Landsberg

The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission : problems and prospects / 'Funmi Olonisakin and Eka Ikpe

Financing peace? : the World Bank, reconstruction, and liberal peacebuilding / Graham Harrison

The International Criminal Court : a peacebuilder in Africa? / Sarah Nouwen

Sudan : the politics of negotiating peace / Sharath Srinivasan

Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region of Africa / Rene Lemarchand

Peacebuilding through statebuilding in West Africa? : the cases of Sierra Leone and Liberia / Comfort Ero

Oil and peacebuilding in the Niger Delta / Aderoju Oyefusi

Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in Southern Africa : Namibia, Angola, and Mozambique / Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa

Peacebuilding without a state : the Somali experience / Christopher Clapham.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9780821444320

0821444328

OCLC:

815471318

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access