Ending Africa's wars : progressing to peace

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Title:

Author:

Furley, Oliver.

ISBN:

9780754639329

Publication Information:

Aldershot : Ashgate, 2006.

Physical Description:

ix, 247 p. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Africa's wars : overview, causes and the challenges of conflict transformation / Richard Jackson -- Post-settlement governance programmes : what is being built in Africa? / Bruce Baker -- Society, reconciliation and conflict transformation in post-war Africa / Andrew Rigby -- Disarmament, demobilization, reinsertion and reintegration in Africa / Joanna Spear -- Multi-party mediation in the Guinea-Bissau civil war / Simon Massey -- Democratic Republic of Congo : problems of the peacekeeping process / Emeric Rogier -- Uganda : the struggle for peace / Oliver Furley -- Elusive settlement : Angola's 'peace processes', 1975-2002 / Norrie MacQueen -- A separate peace : Mozambique, state reconstruction and the search for sustainable democracy / Chris Alden -- Peacemaking in Sudan / Peter Woodward -- Liberia : a durable peace at last? / Gerry Cleaver and Simon Massey -- A long prelude to peace : African involvement in ending Burundi's war / Roger Southall -- A sustainable peace? : Sierra Leone / Bruce Baker and Roy May.

Abstract:

"Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractible state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time. This volume explores the process by which these wars were ended, the lessons learnt, and examines the sustainability of recently reconciled conflicts to see how far peace solutions are permanent in this region." "Ending Africa's Wars is book for all those interested in conflict, democracy, international organizations, civil society, refugees, gender and the economic reconstruction of Africa."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Peace-building -- Africa.

Political stability -- Africa.

Conflict management -- Africa.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Economic conditions.

Added Author:

Furley, Oliver.

May, Roy.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006005843.html

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Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractable state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time. This volume explores the process by which these wars were ended, discusses the lessons learnt, and examines the sustainability of recently reconciled conflicts to see how far peace solutions are permanent in this region. Ending Africa's Wars is an important and timely book for all those interested in conflict, democracy, international organizations, civil society, refugees, gender and the economic reconstruction of Africa.