Understanding Africa's contemporary conflicts : origins, challenges and peacebuilding / Richard Bowd and Annie Barbara Chikwanha (eds.).

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:ISS monograph series ; no. 173.
Corporate Authors: Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
African Human Security Initiative
Other Authors: Bowd, Richard
Chikwanha-Dzenga, Annie Barbara
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with two contributions in French.
Published: Pretoria : Institute for Security Studies, [2010], ©2010.
Series:ISS monograph series ; no. 173.
Subjects:
Peace-building > Africa > Congresses.
Conflict management > Africa > Congresses.
Genre:
Congresses.
Physical Description:xxii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Also issued online.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Approaches of conflict analysis. L'influence des analyses théoriques de la conflictualité d'après guerre froide dans la 'construction de la paix' : l'exemple des conflits de la région du fleuve Mano / Romain Malejacq
  • Beyond greed and grievance : towards a comprehensive approach to African armed conflicts : Sierra Leone as a case study / Oscar Mateos. Pt. 2. Conflict resolution and peacebuilding: challenges and obstacles. Mediation and peacebuilding through regional arms control and disarmament diplomacy: a diplomatic continuum in the Somali peace process / Philip Mwanika
  • Violent conflicts: key obstacles for sub-Saharan Africa to achieving the Millennium Development Goals : where is the evidence? / Dereje Wordofa
  • 'Guardians of the nation or unruly disciples?' : a critique of youth participation in post-colonial Zimbabwe's contested political spaces / Terence Mashingaidze. pt. 3. Reconstruction successes. The evolving role of the military in the peace and security architecture of West Africa / James Gadin
  • When combatants become judges : the role of ex-combatants in the Gacaca courts and its effect on the reintegration and reconcilliation processes in Rwanda / Richard Bowd
  • Human rights and conflict transformation processes in Africa / Laurence Juma
  • The role of women in conflict resolution and peacebuilding / Damilola Agbalajobi
  • Elections de la peur ou peur des élections? : dilemmes et contretemps de la sortie de crise en Côte d'Ivoire / Lucien Toulou
  • Conclusion. A renewed understanding of conflict? / Richard Bowd and Annie Barbara Chikwanha.