Reconstructing the Nation in Africa
Author | : Michael Amoah |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Ethnic groups |
ISBN | : 9780755619122 |
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Author | : Michael Amoah |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Ethnic groups |
ISBN | : 9780755619122 |
Author | : Redie Bereketeab |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2017-02-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 331939892X |
This book examines post-secession and post-transition state building in Somaliland, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. It explores two intimately linked, yet analytically distinct themes: state building and national identity reconstruction following secession and collapse. In Somaliland and South Sudan, rearranging the state requires a complete metamorphosis of state institutions so that they respond to the needs and interests of the people. In Sudan and Somalia, the reconfiguration of the remains of the state must address a new reality and demands on the ground. All four cases examined, although highly variable, involve conflict. Conflict defines the scope, depth and momentum of the state building and state reconstruction process. It also determines the contours and parameters of the projects to reconstitute national identity and rebuild a nation. Addressing the contested identity formation and its direct relation to state building would therefore go a long way in mitigating conflicts and state crisis.
Author | : Tony Addison |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2003-02-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780199261031 |
Revitalizing private sectors. 4. Transforming states. Conclusions. For a list of contributions, go to the full-text area of this record.
Author | : Ahmad A. Sikainga |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781592214129 |
A collection of essays by prominent scholars, NGOs and policy makers who have explored reconstruction efforts currently taking place in a number of war-affected African countries. In addition to analysing the various approaches and theoretical paradigms for the study of conflict resolution, democratisation and nation-building, the essays explore the ethno-cultural dimensions of reconstruction; gender, regeneration and conflict; rehabilitation of child conscripts; and the economic dimensions of reconstruction.
Author | : Theo Neethling |
Publisher | : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2013-10-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1775820041 |
Some of the bloodiest conflicts occur on the African continent. An Afrocentric perspective is therefore a suitable starting point for research into the possible strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding. The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of ‘post-conflict’ and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analysing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army’s strategy for PCRD in Africa, which was developed with the African Union’s 2006 Post-Conflict, Reconstruction and Development Needs Assessment Guide in mind. This book emanates from this plan. It therefore also explores South Africa’s policy imperatives to integrate development projects and peace missions, involving the military as well as civilian organisations. While this book is not intended as an instruction manual, it hopes to ignite an understanding of the particular processes required to develop a sustainable and cohesive post-conflict peacebuilding strategy within the African environment.
Author | : Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2017-11-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 2869787529 |
The Great Lakes region of Africa is characterized by protest politics, partial democratization, political illegitimacy and unstable economic growth. Many of the countries that are members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) which are: Burundi, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia, have experienced political violence and bloodshed at one time or another. While a few states have been advancing electoral democracy, environmental protection and peaceful state building, the overall intensity of violence in the region has led to civil wars, invasion, genocide, dictatorships, political instability, and underdevelopment. Efforts to establish sustainable peace, meaningful socio-economic development and participatory democracy have not been quite successful. Using various methodologies and paradigms, this book interrogates the complexity of the causes of these conflicts; and examines their impact and implications for socio-economic development of the region. The non-consensual actions related to these conflicts and imperatives of power struggles supported by the agents of savage capitalism have paralysed efforts toward progress. The book therefore recommends new policy frameworks within regionalist lenses and neo-realist politics to bring about sustainable peace in the region.
Author | : Inge Tvedten |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2019-08-28 |
Genre | : Angola |
ISBN | : 9780367314545 |
After more than twenty years of devastating civil war, Angola is slowly moving toward peace and reconciliation. In this accessible introduction to one of the most resource-rich countries in Africa, Inge Tvedten traces Angola's turbulent past, with a particular focus on the impacts that political and economic upheaval have had on the Angolan people.
Author | : Amadu Sesay |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2009-10-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 2869784139 |
The shocks of the unexpected outbreak of violent internal armed conflicts in post Cold War West Africa continue to linger in policy and academic circles. While considerable attention is devoted to explaining the civil wars, there is little understanding of the delicate and unpredictable processes of reconstruction. Post-war reconstruction programmes in Africa have become, by and large, externally driven processes; and while externalisation may not be negative per se, it is important to interrogate how such intervention recognises and interacts with local dynamics, and how it manipulates and conditions the outcomes of post-conflict reconstruction agenda. Investigating the interface between power elite, the nature of post-war regimes and the pattern which post-war reconstruction takes is important both for theory and practice. This original study, by some of West Africa's leading scholars, interrogates post-war reconstruction processes in the twin West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, focusing on the effects of regime types on the nature, scope, success or failure of their post-war reconstruction efforts. Political scientists, diplomats, the international community, donor and humanitarian agencies, advocacy groups, the United Nations and its agencies, would find it an important resource in dealing with countries emerging from protracted violence and civil war.
Author | : Lang Fafa Dampha |
Publisher | : Editions L'Harmattan |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2014-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 2336359871 |
The United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions were established in the immediate post-World War II period to preserve and promote international peace and security, cooperation, free trade in goods and services in the world as a factor of reconstruction and development after the overwhelming effects of the war. What is the relationship between Sub-Saharan Africa and the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions? What are the roles of these institutions in African reconstruction and development?
Author | : Anja Osei |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |