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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149404503321

Titolo

Minding the gap : African conflict management in a time of change / / Pamela Aall and Chester A. Crocker, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario : , : CIGI, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-928096-22-0

1-928096-43-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

303.69096

Soggetti

Conflict management - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Right Honourable Joe Clark -- Conflict management capacity in Africa: understanding the problem and designing the solution / Pamela Aall -- Understanding the nature and origins of violent conflict in Africa / Raymond Gilpin -- Crises of political legitimacy / Christopher Fomunyoh -- Crises of war-to-peace transition and civil war recurrences / 'Funmi Olonisakin -- The dimensions of the future of conflict in Africa / William Reno -- Religious extremism, insurgent violence and the transformation of the new African security landscape / Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou -- Understanding the resource curse effects: instability and violent conflict in Africa / Cyril Obi -- Crises of secessionism, boundary irredentism and the quest for self-determination in Africa / Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe -- Regional conflicts and cross-border activities fuelled by criminal and terrorist networks in West Africa / Kwesi Aning and Lydia Mawuenya Amedzrator -- The African peace and security architecture and regional conflict management mechanisms / Jakkie Cilliers and Amandine Gnanguãenon -- Will the lowest be first?: subsidiarity in peacemaking in Africa / Laurie Nathan -- African-led peace operations / Comfort Ero -- Mediation and political tools in Africa / I William Zartman -- Eminent peacemakers in African conflicts: contributions, potential and limits / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- African peace building: civil society roles in conflict / Alice Wairimu Nderitu --



United Nations peacekeeping in Africa / Paul D. Williams -- Reflections on external roles in African security affairs / Chester A. Crocker -- International support to African peace processes / Neha Sanghrajka and Meredith Preston-McGhie -- Civil society as counter-power: rethinking international support toward tackling conflict and fostering non-violent politics in Africa / Sharath Srinivasan -- Bridging the gap / Chester A. Crocker and Pamela Aall.