Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa

Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, de...

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description Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key institutions, including the African Union, NEPAD, the African Development Bank, the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Civil Service, the UN Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank, and the International Criminal Court. The volume includes on-the-ground case study chapters on Sudan, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Niger Delta, Southern Africa, and Somalia, analyzing how peacebuilding operates in particular African contexts. The authors adopt a variety of approaches, but they share a conviction that peacebuilding in Africa is not a script that is authored solely in Western capitals and in the corridors of the United Nations. Rather, the writers in this volume focus on the interaction between local and global ideas and practices in the reconstitution of authority and livelihoods after conflict. The book systematically showcases the tensions that occur within and between the many actors involved in the peacebuilding industry, as well as their intended beneficiaries. It looks at the multiple ways in which peacebuilding ideas and initiatives are reinforced, questioned, reappropriated, and redesigned by different African actors. A joint project between the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-723762025-07-31T10:40:47Z Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa Dzinesa, Gwinyayi A. Curtis, Devon Political Science World African Political Science Peace thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. Essays also address the institutional framework for peacebuilding in Africa and the ideological underpinnings of key institutions, including the African Union, NEPAD, the African Development Bank, the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Civil Service, the UN Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank, and the International Criminal Court. The volume includes on-the-ground case study chapters on Sudan, the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Niger Delta, Southern Africa, and Somalia, analyzing how peacebuilding operates in particular African contexts. The authors adopt a variety of approaches, but they share a conviction that peacebuilding in Africa is not a script that is authored solely in Western capitals and in the corridors of the United Nations. Rather, the writers in this volume focus on the interaction between local and global ideas and practices in the reconstitution of authority and livelihoods after conflict. The book systematically showcases the tensions that occur within and between the many actors involved in the peacebuilding industry, as well as their intended beneficiaries. It looks at the multiple ways in which peacebuilding ideas and initiatives are reinforced, questioned, reappropriated, and redesigned by different African actors. A joint project between the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa, and the Centre of African Studies at the University of Cambridge. 2021-10-17T04:02:00Z 2021-10-17T04:02:00Z 2021-10-16T05:31:03Z 2012 book OCN: 859686723 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51032 9780821444320 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72376 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51032/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51032/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51032/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51032/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51032/1/external_content.pdf Ohio University Press Ohio University Press 79b72935-4d71-4d6b-bcd1-08099da31d02 9780821444320 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books Ohio University Press open access
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World
African
Political Science
Peace
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
title Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
title_full Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
title_fullStr Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
title_short Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
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topic Political Science
World
African
Political Science
Peace
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African
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Peace
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