Making sense of the Central African Republic / edited by Tatiana Carayannis and Louisa Lombard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carayannis, Tatiana, editor.

Lombard, Louisa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Central African Republic.

Peace-building.

Central African Republic--Politics and government.

Central African Republic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked. Democracy, in any kind of a meaningful sense, has eluded the country. Since the mid-1990s, army mutinies and serial rebellion in CAR have resulted in two major successful coups. Over the course of these upheavals, the country has become a laboratory for peacebuilding initiatives, hosting a two-decade-long succession of UN and regional peacekeeping, peacebuilding and special political missions. Drawing together the foremost experts on the Central African Republic, this much-needed volume provides the first in-depth analysis of the country's recent history of rebellion, instability, and international and regional intervention"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Making Sense of CAR: An Introduction / Louisa Lombard and Tatiana Carayannis

CAR's History: The Past of a Tense Present / Stephen W. Smith

Being Rich, Being Poor: Wealth and Fear in the Central African Republic / Roland Marchal

Local Dynamics in the Pk5 District of Bangui / Faouzi Kilembe

The Elite's Road to Riches in a Poor Country / Stephen W. Smith

A Multifaceted Business: Diamonds in the Central African Republic / Ned Dalby

The Autonomous Zone Conundrum: Armed Conservation and Rebellion in North-Eastern CAR / Louisa Lombard

CAR and the Regional (Dis)order / Roland Marchal

Pathologies of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in CAR / Nathaniel Olin

From Being Forgotten to Being Ignored: International Humanitarian Interventions in the Central African Republic / Enrica Picco

CAR's Southern Identity: Congo, CAR, and International Justice / Tatiana Carayannis

In Unclaimed Land: The Lord's Resistance Army in CAR / Ledio Cakaj

A Central African Elite Perspective on the Struggles of the Central African Republic / Laurence D. Wohlers

A Concluding Note on the Failure and Future of Peacebuilding in CAR / Tatiana Carayannis and Louisa Lombard.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781783603794

9781350221246

1350221244

9781783603831

1783603836

9781783603824

1783603828

9781783603817

178360381X

OCLC:

913561860