Researching Conflict in Africa

Researching Conflict in Africa
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Publisher : United Nations University Press
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9789280811193
ISBN-13 : 9280811193
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Researching Conflict in Africa by : Elisabeth J. Porter

Parts of Africa experience persistent violence and seemingly intractable conflicts. These violent conflicts have drawn researchers seeking to determine and explain why conflicts are prevalent, what makes them intensify, and how conflicts can be resolved. This book examines the ethical and practical issues of researching within violent and divided societies. It provides fascinating and factual case studies from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa. The authors provide insights about researching conflict in Africa that can only be gained through fieldwork experience.

War and Conflict in Africa

War and Conflict in Africa
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9781509509089
ISBN-13 : 1509509089
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis War and Conflict in Africa by : Paul D. Williams

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent. But how can we explain this proliferation of armed conflicts? What caused them and what were their main characteristics? And what did the world's governments do to stop them? In this fully revised and updated second edition of his popular text, Paul Williams offers an in-depth and wide-ranging assessment of more than six hundred armed conflicts which took place in Africa from 1990 to the present day - from the continental catastrophe in the Great Lakes region to the sprawling conflicts across the Sahel and the web of wars in the Horn of Africa. Taking a broad comparative approach to examine the political contexts in which these wars occurred, he explores the major patterns of organized violence, the key ingredients that provoked them and the major international responses undertaken to deliver lasting peace. Part I, Contexts provides an overview of the most important attempts to measure the number, scale and location of Africa's armed conflicts and provides a conceptual and political sketch of the terrain of struggle upon which these wars were waged. Part II, Ingredients analyses the role of five widely debated features of Africa's wars: the dynamics of neopatrimonial systems of governance; the construction and manipulation of ethnic identities; questions of sovereignty and self-determination; as well as the impact of natural resources and religion. Part III, Responses, discusses four major international reactions to Africa's wars: attempts to build a new institutional architecture to help promote peace and security on the continent; this architecture's two main policy instruments, peacemaking initiatives and peace operations; and efforts to develop the continent. War and Conflict in Africa will be essential reading for all students of international peace and security studies as well as Africa's international relations.

Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa

Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9781137263759
ISBN-13 : 113726375X
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa by : S. Thomson

Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal accounts, the authors explore some of the challenges one can face when engaging in local-level research in difficult situations.

The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa

The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781107175013
ISBN-13 : 1107175011
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa by : John F. McCauley

The book is aimed at students and scholars of conflict, Africa, ethnic politics, and religion. It may also appeal to religious and political leaders. It proposes a new perspective on how ethnicity and religion shape political outcomes and violence in Africa, adding psychological elements to standard political science arguments.

The State of Peacebuilding in Africa

The State of Peacebuilding in Africa
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 433
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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.

Conflict Resolution in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780815707189
ISBN-13 : 0815707185
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Conflict Resolution in Africa by : Francis M. Deng

While dramatic changes are taking place on the international scene and among the major powers, Africa continues to suffer from a multitude of violent conflicts. The toll of these conflicts is monumental in terms of war damage to productivity, scarce resources diverted to armaments and military organizations, and the resulting insecurity, displacement, and destruction. At the same time, Africans, in response to internal demands as well as to international changes, have begun to focus their attention and energies on these problems and are trying innovative ways to resolve differences by nonviolent means. The outcomes of these attempts have urgent and complex implications for the future of the continent with respect to human rights, principles of democracy, and economic development. In this book, African, European, and U.S. experts examine these important issues and the prospects for conflict management and resolution in Africa. They review the scholarship in resolution in light of international changes now taking place. Addressing the undying, internal causes of conflict, they question whether global events will promote peace or threaten to unleash even more conflict. The authors focus their analysis on the issues involved in African conflicts and examine the areas in need of the most dramatic changes. They offer specific recommendations for dealing with current problems, but caution that unless policymakers confront the security situation in Africa, further destruction to national unity and political and economic stability is imminent. Case studies and themes for further, long-term research are recommended.

Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa

Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa
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Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 0815775946
ISBN-13 : 9780815775942
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa by : Donald S. Rothchild

In this book, Donald Rothchild analyzes the successes and failures of attempts at conflict resolution in different African countries and offers comprehensive ideas for successful mediation. The book demonstrates how negotiation and mediation can promote conflict resolution, along with a political environment that fosters development.

The Resolution of African Conflicts

The Resolution of African Conflicts
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Publisher : Ohio University Press
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9780821418086
ISBN-13 : 0821418084
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Resolution of African Conflicts by : Alfred G. Nhema

"These two volumes clearly demonstrate the efforts by a wide range of African scholars to explain the roots, routes, regimes and resolution of African conflicts and how to re-build post-conflict societies. They offer sober and serious analyses, eschewing the sensationalism of the western media and the sophistry of some of the scholars in the global North for whom African conflicts are at worst a distraction and at best a confirmation of their pet racist and petty universalist theories." --From the introduction by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza This book offers analyses of a range of African conflicts and demonstrates that peace is too important to be left to outsiders.

Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field

Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9783030441135
ISBN-13 : 303044113X
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field by : Yasemin Gülsüm Acar

This edited volume offers useful resources for researchers conducting fieldwork in various global conflict contexts, bringing together a range of international voices to relay important methodological challenges and opportunities from their experiences. The book provides an extensive account of how people do conflict research in difficult contexts, critically evaluating what it means to do research in the field and what the role of the researcher is in that context. Among the topics discussed: Conceptualizing the interpreter in field interviews in post-conflict settings Data collection with indigenous people Challenges to implementation of social psychological interventions Researching children and young people’s identity and social attitudes Insider and outsider dynamics when doing research in difficult contexts Working with practitioners and local organizations Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field is a valuable guide for students and scholars interested in conflict research, social psychologists, and peace psychologists engaged in conflict-related fieldwork.

The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa

The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9783030105402
ISBN-13 : 3030105407
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa by : Tsega Etefa

From Darfur to the Rwandan genocide, journalists, policymakers, and scholars have blamed armed conflicts in Africa on ancient hatreds or competition for resources. Here, Tsega Etefa compares three such cases—the Darfur conflict between Arabs and non-Arabs, the Gumuz and Oromo clashes in Western Oromia, and the Oromo-Pokomo conflict in the Tana Delta—in order to offer a fuller picture of how ethnic violence in Africa begins. Diverse communities in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya alike have long histories of peacefully sharing resources, intermarrying, and resolving disputes. As he argues, ethnic conflicts are fundamentally political conflicts, driven by non-inclusive political systems, the monopolization of state resources, and the manipulation of ethnicity for political gain, coupled with the lack of democratic mechanisms for redressing grievances.