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Author |
: Pamela Aall |
Publisher |
: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 2017-06-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781928096412 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1928096417 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fabric of Peace in Africa by : Pamela Aall
Africa has experienced dozens of conflicts over a variety of issues during the past two decades. Responding to these conflicts requires concerted action to manage the crises – the violence, the political discord, and the humanitarian consequences of prolonged fighting. It is also necessary to address the long-term social and economic impacts of conflict, to rebuild communities, societies and states that have been torn apart. To accomplish this requires the involvement of institutions and groups rarely considered in formal official African conflict management activities: schools, universities, religious institutions, media, commercial enterprises, legal institutions, civil society groups, youth, women and migrants. These groups and organizations have an important role to play in building a sense of identity, fairness, shared norms and cohesion between state and society – all critical components of the fabric of peace and security in Africa. This volume brings together leading experts from Africa, Europe and North America to examine these critical social institutions and groups, and consider how they can either improve or impede peaceful conflict resolution. The overarching questions that are explored by the authors are: What constitutes social cohesion and resilience in the face of conflict? What are the threats to cohesion and resilience? And how can the positive elements be fostered and by whom? The second of two volumes on African conflict management capacity by the editors, The Fabric of Peace in Africa: Looking beyond the State opens new doors of understanding for students, scholars and practitioners focused on strengthening peace in Africa; the first volume, Minding the Gap: African Conflict Management in a Time of change, focused on the role of mediation and peacekeeping in managing violence and political crises.
Author |
: David Francis |
Publisher |
: Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2013-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781848137493 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1848137494 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peace and Conflict in Africa by : David Francis
Nowhere in the world is the demand for peace more prominent and challenging than in Africa. From state collapse and anarchy in Somalia to protracted wars and rampant corruption in the Congo; from bloody civil wars and extreme poverty in Sierra Leone to humanitarian crisis and authoritarianism in Sudan, the continent is the focus of growing political and media attention. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of conflict and peace across the continent. Bringing together a range of leading academics from Africa and beyond, Peace and Conflict in Africa is an ideal introduction to key themes of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security and development. The book's stress on the importance of indigenous Africa approaches to creating peace makes it an innovative and exciting intervention in the field.
Author |
: Gunnar M. Sørbø |
Publisher |
: Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015043793093 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Out of Conflict by : Gunnar M. Sørbø
Post Cold War Dilemmas
Author |
: Terence McNamee |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2020-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030466367 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030466361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The State of Peacebuilding in Africa by : Terence McNamee
This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed by the contributors include conflict prevention, mediation, and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration; the role of women, religion, humanitarianism, grassroots organizations, and early warning systems; and the impact of global, regional, and continental bodies. The book's thematic chapters are complemented by six country/region case studies: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan/South Sudan, Mozambique and the Sahel/Mali. Each chapter concludes with a set of key lessons learned that could be used to inform the building of a more sustainable peace in Africa. The State of Peacebuilding in Africa was born out of the activities of the Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding (SVNP), a Carnegie-funded, continent-wide network of African organizations that works with the Wilson Center to bring African knowledge and perspectives to U.S., African, and international policy on peacebuilding in Africa. The research for this book was made possible by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Author |
: Solimar Otero |
Publisher |
: University Rochester Press |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781580463300 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1580463304 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Narrating War and Peace in Africa by : Solimar Otero
Narrating War and Peace in Africa interrogates conventional representations of Africa and African culture -- mainly in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- with an emphasis on portrayals of conflict and peace. While Africa has experienced political and social turbulence throughout its history, more recent conflicts seem to reinforce the myth of barbarism across the continent: in Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Chad, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Sudan. The essays in this volume address reductive and stereotypical assumptions of postcolonial violence as "tribal" in nature, and offer instead various perspectives -- across disciplinary boundaries -- that foster a less fetishized, more contextualized understanding of African war, peace, and memory. Through their geographical, historical, and cultural scope and diversity, the chapters in Narrating War and Peace in Africa aim to challenge negative stereotypes that abound in relation to Africa in general and to its wars and conflicts in particular, encouraging a shift to more balanced and nuanced representations of the continent and its political and social climates. Contributors: Ann Albuyeh, Zermarie Deacon, Alicia C. Decker, Aména Moïnfar, Kayode Omoniyi Ogunfolabi, Sabrina Parent, Susan Rasmussen, Michael Sharp, Cheryl Sterling, Hetty ter Haar, Melissa Tully, Pamela Wadende, Metasebia Woldemariam, Jonathan Zilberg. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Hetty ter Haar is an independent researcher in England.
Author |
: Peter Lewis |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 235 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1626372292 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781626372290 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Coping with Crisis in African States by : Peter Lewis
¿Provides a lucid approach to assessing the factors that create vulnerabilities, or possibilities for resilience, in the face of crisis ... complemented by rich empirical country chapters and clear policy recommendations.¿ ¿Rachel Beatty Riedl, Northwestern University Although large-scale conflicts, political upheavals, and social violence are common problems throughout Africa, individual countries vary greatly in both their susceptibility to these crises and their capacities for responding effectively. What accounts for this variance? How do crises emerge, and how are they resolved? When are unexpected events most likely to spiral into crisis? Are there institutions and policies that can help to manage adverse shocks? The authors of Coping with Crisis in African States assess the capability for crisis management in countries across the continent, shedding new light on the sources of instability in the region, as well as on comparative questions of state capacity and resilience. Peter M. Lewis is associate professor and director of the African Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University¿s School of Advanced International Studies. John W. Harbeson is emeritus professor of political science at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the City College of New York.
Author |
: Constance R. Banzikiza |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 216 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015060636977 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Consolidating Unity and Peace in Africa by : Constance R. Banzikiza
Author |
: Judith Thornton |
Publisher |
: University of Washington Press |
Total Pages |
: 498 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0295982101 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780295982106 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Russia's Far East by : Judith Thornton
"In their introduction the authors bring the textiles to life by examining who made them, how ideas travelled across the continent and the significance of pattern and symbolism. In addition, all the principal techniques are explained while brief commentaries highlight the design features. Whether you are interested in graphic design or technical detail, this inspiring book will be the first to open your eyes to a previously unexplored aspect of Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: Dr João Gomes Porto |
Publisher |
: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 451 |
Release |
: 2013-05-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781409464129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1409464121 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Towards an African Peace and Security Regime by : Dr João Gomes Porto
Towards an African Peace and Security Regime: Continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Complementary to the editors’ Africa’s New Peace and Security Architecture: Implementing norms, institutionalising solutions (Ashgate 2010), this volume revolves around three main areas of focus: the continental ‘embeddedness’ of norms, values and processes required for the gradual coming into shape of the African peace and security regime; its transnational linkages as well as the wider collective security environment; and the empirical analysis of the connections between the continental level and the regional economic communities with case-studies on ECOWAS, SADC and COMESA.
Author |
: J. Gomes Porto |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2016-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317183990 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317183991 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Africa's New Peace and Security Architecture by : J. Gomes Porto
This volume offers an informed and critical analysis of the operationalization and institutionalization of the peace and security architecture by the African Union and Africa's Regional Economic Communities (RECs). In creating this architecture, the African Union and the RECs tread new ground with potentially significant consequences to the lives and livelihoods of millions of Africans who are affected by war and armed conflict. In-depth, critical chapters inform, clarify and provide key points for reflection on the architecture as a whole as well as on each of the structures currently under implementation. The volume examines the institutions that will carry the mandate forward, raises pertinent research questions for the successful operationalization of the architecture and debates the medium and long-term challenges to implementation. Students and researchers of African approaches to peace building, conflict resolution and regional security will benefit from the deep and critical engagement of issues covered in this volume by world renowned scholars and practitioners.