Democratization and Human Security in Postwar Sierra Leone / edited by Joseph J. Bangura, Marda Mustapha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bangura, Joseph J., Editor.

Mustapha, Marda, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Political science.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government.

World politics.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Political Science.

African History.

African Politics.

Political History.

Local Subjects:

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Political Science.

African History.

African Politics.

Political History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited collection is the first book-length project to undertake a multidisciplinary study of democratization and human security in the post war nation of Sierra Leone. The overarching theme is there is synergy of democratization and human security which makes it imperative for the state to foster and enhance the realization of these concepts in postwar Sierra Leone. The book is divided into two broad thematic sections. The first section deals with democratization with a critical examination of the creation and instrumentality of institutions largely considered a necessity for democracy to take hold in a country. The second section delineates human security or the lack thereof in key areas of political, social and economic life. Though the book is specific to Sierra Leone, African countries and indeed countries transitioning to democracy around the world, scholars and practitioners of postwar or democratic transition studies would benefit from the concepts expounded in this collection.

Contents:

Section one: Democratizing Sierra Leone

Introduction: democratization and human security in Sierra Leone: an introduction / Marda Mustapha

Constitutional development and ethnic entrepreneurism in Sierra Leone: a historical perspective / Joseph J. Bangura

Chieftaincy reform and liberal peacebuilding in Sierra Leone / Joseph Lansana Kormoh

Reconciling police reform and local security provision in post-conflict Sierra Leone / Freida Ibiduni M'Cormack, James B.M. Vincent and Joseph P. Chris Charley

Diasporic states / Mariane Ferme

The 2012 general elections in Sierra Leone: democratic consolidation or semi-authoritarian regime / Marda Mustapha

Section two: Civil society and human security

The NGOization of civil society in Sierra Leone - a thin dividing line between empowerment and disempowerment / Diana Szántó

Civil society and democratized peace in post-war Sierra Leone / Vandy Kanyako

Critical examination of food security-insecurity in post-war Sierra Leone / Earl Conteh-Morgan

Promises and pitfalls of the free health care initiative in Sierra Leone: an early analysis / Fredline A. O. M'Cormack-Hale and Fredanna A. D. M'Cormack

Corruption and the 2014 EVD crisis in Sierra Leone: ebola as "total disease" / Jenise R. DePinto

Conclusion: the interface between democratization and human security / Joseph J. Bangura.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781137486745

1137486740