Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in Africa

Lessons from ECOWAS and IGAD
Herausgeber: Adetula, Victor; Obi, Cyril; Bereketeab, Redie

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Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines challenges to the effective operation of regional economic communities (RECs) with regards to peacebuilding in Africa. Critically examining these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on comparative analysis of the status, role, and performances of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), it examines particular constraints to their effective participation in regional initiatives. Focussing on inadequate technical capabilities, the complicity of state and non-state actors in conflicts within a region, the domestic politics of member states, it additionally addresses related theories and practices of peacekeeping, security, development, and the peacebuilding nexus. It also engages provisioning, regionalism, and regional peacekeeping interventions, the legal and institutional framework of RECs, and civil society and peacebuilding. Fundamentally, the book asks how effective the alliances and partnerships are in promoting regional peace and security and how much they are compromised by the intervention of external powers and actors, exploring new ideas and actions that may strengthen capacities to address the peacebuilding challenges on the continent effectively. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of African politics and studies, peace and security studies, regionalism studies, policy practitioners in the field of African peacebuilding, and more broadly to international relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003093695, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780367554637
• ISBN-10: 0367554631
• Artikelnr.: 60352716

Autorenporträt

Victor Adetula is a Professor of International Relations and Development Studies at the University of Jos, Nigeria. Redie Bereketeab is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. Cyril Obi is a Program Director at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Regional Economic Communities and Peacebuilding in West
Africa and the Horn of Africa 2. Regional Economic Communities and
Peacebuilding in Africa: Analysis of Legal Framework and Concerns for
International Law 3. Peacebuilding in Africa: Popular Progressive versus
Neoliberal Peacebuilding 4. Towards a Human Security-Centred Approach to
Peacebuilding: ECOWAS's Experiences and Lessons 5. Civil Society
Organisations and the ECOWAS Peace and Security Agenda: A Case Study of the
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) 6. ECOWAS and The Limits of
Peace-making in West Africa 7. ECOWAS and Triangular Cooperation for
Peacebuilding in West Africa: Challenges and Prospects form the Liberian
and Sierra Leonean Experience 8. Nigeria's Role in ECOWAS Peace and
Security Agenda for West Africa 9. The IGAD-Eritrea Impasse: Future
Prospects in Light of Recent Developments 10. Lessons to be Learned from
IGAD's Involvement in the Sudan Peace Process (1993-2005) 11. Kenya's
Diplomacy and International Relations within the IGAD Regian on Matters of
Peace and Security: Growth, Development, and Prospects 12. Uganda and the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) 13. Peacebuilding the
Context of Ethiopia-IGAD Relations 14. The Big Elephant in the Room: The
Meddling and Machinations of IGAD and Ethiopia in Somalia 15. 'You Don't
Own Peace': The Coward State, South Sudan and IGAD Relations