Peace, Security and Post-conflict Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa edited bysous la direction de Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Joseph Gahama.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gahama, Joseph, editor.

Lumumba-Kasongo, Tukumbi, 1948- editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Postwar reconstruction.

National security--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

National security.

Peace-building--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Peace-building.

Conflict management--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Conflict management.

Great Lakes Region (Africa)--Politics and government.

Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018

Language Note:

In English and French languages.

Summary:

The Great Lakes region of Africa is characterized by protest politics, partial democratization, political illegitimacy and unstable economic growth. Many of the countries that are members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) which are: Burundi, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia, have experienced political violence and bloodshed at one time or another. While a few states have been advancing electoral democracy, environmental protection and peaceful state building, the overall intensity of violence in the region has led to civil wars, invasion, genocide, dictatorships, political instability, and underdevelopment. Efforts to establish sustainable peace, meaningful socio-economic development and participatory democracy have not been quite successful. Using various methodologies and paradigms, this book interrogates the complexity of the causes of these conflicts; and examines their impact and implications for socio-economic development of the region. The non-consensual actions related to these conflicts and imperatives of power struggles supported by the agents of 'savage' capitalism have paralysed efforts toward progress. The book therefore recommends new policy frameworks within regionalist lenses and neo-realist politics to bring about sustainable peace in the region.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Bernard Lututala Mumpassi, Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo et Joseph Gahama

2. Une cinquantaine d'annees de conflits et de violences dans la region des Grands Lacs africains / Joseph Gahama

3. Contemporary theories of conflict and their social and political implications / Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo

4. La Strategie de diversification economique des pays des Grands Lacs, facteur de stabilite et de developpement : une analyse du Burundi, du Congo et de la Republique Democratique du Congo / Patricia Solange Gaboua Makaya

5. Land resource, livelihoods and ethnic mobilization : a comparative study of two East African locations / Peter Wafula Wekesa

6. Theorie critique et espace public : analytique de la gouvernementalite dans la communaute economique des pays des Grands Lacs / Jean-Marie Katubadi-Bakenge

7. Land politics and conflict in Uganda : a case study of Kibaale District, 1996 to the present day / Baligira John

8. Interdependance economique et paix dans la region des Grands Lacs africains / François-Xavier Mureha et Idrissa Mohamed Ouedraogo

9. From the conventional towards new frames of peace journalism : the cases of Uganda and Burundi / William Tayeebwa

10. Conflits armes et exploitation forestiere en Republique Democratique du Congo : pour une action environnementale regionalement integree / Felicien Kabamba Mbambu

11. Endangered peace : stocktaking from the case of post-massacre Mucwini, northern Uganda / David-Ngendo Tshimba

12. Etats des grands lacs et privatisation de la securite : quel enjeu pour la gouvernance? / Celestin Tshimande Tukala

13. Promouvoir la culture de la paix dans l'Afrique des Grands Lacs à travers des programmes radiophoniques : une evaluation de trois experiences / Jean Liyongo-Empengele

14. Concluding remarks : where do we go from here? / Joseph Gahama and Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo.

Notes:

"This book is a product of CODESRIA's Great Lakes Initiatives = Ce livre est issu de l'itiative du CODESRIA sur les Grands Lacs"--Page before title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9782869787520

2869787529

OCLC:

1019656902