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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454011703321

Autore

Kabia John M

Titolo

Humanitarian intervention and conflict resolution in West Africa [[electronic resource] ] : from ECOMOG to ECOMIL / / John M. Kabia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2009

ISBN

1-317-11956-8

1-317-11955-X

1-282-05443-0

9786612054433

0-7546-9562-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

341.5'84

363.2/32

Soggetti

Conflict management - Africa, West

Conflict management - International cooperation

National security - Africa, West

Peace-building - Africa, West

Humanitarian intervention - Africa, West

Regionalism - Africa, West

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Humanitarian Intervention in Complex Political Emergencies: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis; 2 Analysing Conflicts in West Africa: Causal Factors and Interpretations; 3 From ECOWAS to ECOMOG: The Evolution of ECOWAS Security Regionalism; 4 Duality of ECOMOG Intervention in Liberia: Alternating between Forcible and Non-Forcible Strategies; 5 ECOMOG in Sierra Leone: Restoration of Democracy and Humanitarian Intervention

6 Peacekeeping without Nigeria: ECOWAS Intervention in Guinea Bissau and Cote d'Ivoire7 Elusive Peace or Flawed Strategy: The LURD -MODEL Rebellion and Relapse into War in Liberia; 8 Peacebuilding in Sierra



Leone and Liberia: A Comparative Perspective; 9 Institutionalising Conflict Resolution and Humanitarian Intervention in West Africa; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking the empirical case of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), this volume locates the peacekeeping operations of ECOWAS within an expanded post-Cold War conceptualization of humanitarian intervention. It examines the organization's capacity to protect civilians at risk in civil conflicts and to facilitate the processes of peacemaking and post-war peace-building.