Peacebuilding in Contemporary Africa (eBook, PDF)

In Search of Alternative Strategies
Redaktion: Omeje, Kenneth

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the challenges faced by societies transiting from armed conflicts to peace in contemporary Africa. In particular, the book investigates micro-level conflicts, as they are often disregarded in peacebuilding literature. This book will interest researchers of Development Studies, African Studies, Politics, and Peace Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351031455
• Artikelnr.: 56888377

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Omeje is Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Research Fellow at the Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa; Visiting Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria. He has previously held the positions of Professor of International Relations at the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya and Senior Research Fellow at the John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Conceptual Debate 1. Introduction: Peacebuilding in Contemporary
Africa 2. The Peacebuilding and Development Debate: Is Contemporary
Peacebuilding Development in Disguise? PART II Neglected Dimensions of
Peacebuilding: Micro-Level Conflicts 3. Peacebuilding in Micro-level
Inter-Community Conflicts in West Africa: Examples from Ghana and Nigeria
4. Marginalization and Violent Conflict in the Karamoja Region of Uganda 5.
Peacebuilding in Micro-Level Inter-Community Conflicts: Examples from
Selected Countries in Southern Africa PART III Conventional Wisdom and
Practices in Peacebuilding: Macro-Level Conflicts 6. Peacebuilding in
Sierra Leone One and Half Decades after the Civil War: At What Stage Does a
Country Cease to be Post-Conflict? 7. The Task of Rebuilding Liberia 8.
Conflict Intervention, Insecurity and the Challenges of Peacebuilding in
South Sudan 9. Boko Haram Insurgency, Terrorism and the Challenges of
Peacebuilding in the Lake Chad Basin 10. Obstacles to Peace and Security in
North Africa PART IV In Search of Alternative Strategies 11. Peacebuilding
through Peace Education in the Horn of Africa: A Transformative
Cosmopolitan Perspective 12. Transiting from Armed Conflict to Peace in
Contemporary Africa: Changing Tides, Research Findings and Future
Directions