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The state of Africa : post-conflict reconstruction and development / edited by Dirk Kotze and Hussein Solomon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conflict management--Africa.
- Conflict management.
- Contested elections--Africa.
- Contested elections.
- Democratization--Africa.
- Democratization.
- Ethnic conflict--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Ethnic conflict.
- Peace-building--Africa.
- Peace-building.
- Postwar reconstruction--Africa.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- War--Economic aspects--Africa.
- War.
- Women and peace--Africa.
- Women and peace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Post-conflict reconstruction is not a new phenomenon but can be linked to the Marshall Plan after the Second World War. Reconstruction efforts in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, have seen a revival of the concept in the early 21st century. In Africa, post-conflict reconstruction has become more prominent as a result of the peace processes in the DRC, Sudan, Burundi and the Comoros. As a result, the African Union and NEPAD have formulated policy frameworks to deal with post conflict reconstruction and development. As part of the UN's reform, its new Peacebuilding Commission is another institution which takes responsibility for post-conflict reconstruction. This publication focuses on a number of themes including, gender and post-conflict reconstruction, the transformation of war economies into peace economies, elections in Africa in the context of post conflict reconstruction, constitutional negotiations and power-sharing arrangements, and the predicament of ethnic identities in the DRC. The NEPAD framework is also analysed in detail. All of these themes serve as indicators for Africa of the lessons to be learnt from the post-conflict reconstruction processes already in progress.
- Contents:
- ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acronyms""; ""1 THE IMPORTANCE OF POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF �RETURN CONFLICTS""; ""2 GENDER, PEACE-BUILDING AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA""; ""3 ELECTIONS AND CONFLICT IN AFRICA""; ""4 NEGOTIATIONS, GNU, POWER-SHARING AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA""; ""5 FROM WAR ECONOMIES TO PEACE ECONOMIES""; ""6 ETHNIC IDENTITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO""; ""7 POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION""
- ""Appendix 1. THE AFRICAN UNION DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR PCRD """"Appendix 2. AFRICAN POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POLICY FRAMEWORK""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-174).
- ISBN:
- 0-7983-0235-6
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