Routledge handbook of conflict response and leadership in Africa

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Özerdem, Alpaslan.

Contributor:

Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem.

Liebenberg, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--Africa.

Conflict management.

Leadership--Africa.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"This handbook explores the challenges and opportunities for leadership and conflict response in the context of Africa at several levels. Leadership plays a vital role in affecting conflict response but is frequently only examined at the 'macro' level of state, government, and international organisations. This handbook addresses the need to explore challenges and opportunities for leadership at several levels: macro (global/regional/national); 'meso' (NGOs, religious groups, academics); and 'micro' (civil society organisations, youth groups, women's organisations). Analysis from multiple levels provides a broader explanation of conflict dynamics and helps to fit localised conflict transformation approaches into wider national or regional structures. The multi-disciplinary essays presented in this volume encompass the psychological, political and structural dimensions of conflict response, and demonstrate how its success is fundamentally linked to the style of effectiveness of leadership, among other factors. The volume is divided into four thematic sections: Part I: The theory and dynamics of conflict response and leadership Part II: Macro-level leadership experiences in conflict response Part III: Meso/micro-level leadership experiences in conflict response Part IV: Recommendations for improved leadership in conflict response This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, African politics, security studies and International Relations, in general"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Part I The theory and dynamics of conflict response and leadership

1 The evolution of conflict response: management, resolution, and transformation

2 Leadership in conflict response: a conceptual exploration

3 Decoding the emerging world order and challenges to global leadership

4 Leadership from a civil society perspective

5 Leadership, conflict, and negotiating sustainable socio-political frameworks in Africa

Part II Macro-level leadership experiences in conflict response

6 Conflict response through operations: understanding the leadership roles of the EU and NATO in Africa

7 Leadership of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur, 2003-2006: how a simplified conflict narrative dominated the discourse around intervention

8 The role of IGAD in peacebuilding and conflict resolution: the case of South Sudan

9 Role of regional organizations in peace interventions: ECOWAS interventions in West Africa and macro-level leadership

10 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and conflict response in Madagascar

11 The role of the United States as a global power in responding to violent conflicts in Africa

12 Russia in the 'new scramble for Africa': a new search for leadership?

13 The People's Republic of China in Africa

14 Turkey's peacebuilding response in Africa: the case of Somalia

15 The political transformation of the North African states in the post-Arab Spring period

16 Maritime security off Africa: perspectives on East and West Africa

Part III Meso-/micro-level leadership experiences in conflict response

17 Community leadership and alternative approaches to Western conflict resolution models.

18 Leading and misleading the flock: understanding the ambivalent record of faith leaders in peacebuilding and conflict prevention

19 Clan elders and traditional reconciliation in Somalia: exercizing servant leadership while rebuilding legitimate state structures

20 Rwenzori in Uganda: the failures of reconciliation

21 Civil society groups' peace activism and media in Kenya

22 Local communities, ICTs, and conflict prevention in Africa: a critical inquiry

23 Youth leadership in conflict response in South Africa

24 Youth and peacebuilding in West Africa: the experiences of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

25 Making a difference in peacekeeping operations: voices of South African women peacekeepers, 2000-2018

26 Leadership in peacekeeping training: the contribution by KAIPTC to peace and security in West Africa

27 Human rights protection and leadership in contemporary African conflicts

28 The comparative role of political leadership in alleviating conflict: South Africa and Rwanda

Part IV Recommendations for improved leadership in conflict response

29 How to improve leadership in conflict response in Africa: lessons learned

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-31860-X

1-000-43202-5

9780429318603

OCLC:

1261364532