The Elgar companion to post-conflict transition / edited by Hans-Joachim Giessmann [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giessmann, Hans-Joachim, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Inc., 2018.

Summary:

A better understanding of regime changes, and their drivers, is vital to understanding the root causes of conflict and instability. In doing so, national and international actors can develop appropriate strategies to address, curb and prevent escalations of violence when these transitions occur. This innovative book explores the motivations and impacts of regime change and political transition in the contemporary era. Systematically examining the drivers, formats and long term impacts of transitions, the contributors seek to identify patterns, commonalities, and disjunctures between them. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners with longstanding relationships to the conflicts they have covered, this book provides systematic cross-case examinations of regime change. It examines the structural and immediate triggers of transitions both external and internal, as well as shedding light on the ways in which everyday life is changed by them - for better or worse. Providing a framework for typological and comparative analysis, this book provides ontological and epistemological perspectives on 14 case studies of regime change following civil wars, secessionist conflicts, popular revolutions, military rule and foreign intervention. This book is a vital tool for academics and students of political science, development, history, regional, peace and conflict studies. Reflecting on regime change processes spanning different regions and types of transition, The Elgar Companion to Post Conflict Transition is an accessible way to cover key debates.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Hans J. Giessmann and Roger Mac Ginty

Key concepts in political transition / Roger Mac Ginty

Part I Transitions after civil war

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina / Goran Tep̐ưsic; and Nemanja D̐ưzuverovic;

2. Burundi / Mathijs van Leeuwen

3. Nepal / Ram Kumar Bhandari and Simon Robins

Part II Transitions after (popular) revolutions

4. German Democratic Republic / Hans J. Giessmann

5. Iran / Christian Emery

6. Tunisia / Sandra Pogodda

Part III Transitions after violent secession

7. Kosovo / Avni Mazreku, Gjon Culaj and Elvin Blakaj

8. South Sudan / Roisin Read

9. Northern Cyprus / Umut Bozkurt

Part IV Transitions after military rule

10. Burkina Faso / Bettina Engels

11. Eritrea / Annette Weber

12. Ghana / Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Gordon Crawford

13. Myanmar / Giuseppe Gabusi and Stefano Ruzza

Part V Transition after foreign intervention

14. Afghanistan / Florian Peter K̐ưuhn

15. 14 Regime Transitions: What have we learned? / Beatrix Austin and Christine Seifert

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78347-905-1