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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461220303321

Titolo

ECOWAS and the dynamics of conflict and peace-building [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas Jaye, Dauda Garuba, Stella Amadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : Codesria, c2011

ISBN

1-280-12744-9

9786613531322

2-86978-522-4

2-86978-521-6

2-86978-523-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Codesria book series

Altri autori (Persone)

JayeThomas

GarubaDauda

AmadiStella

Disciplina

327.172096

Soggetti

Conflict management - Africa, West

Peace-building - Africa, West

Regionalism (International organization) - Africa, West

Electronic books.

Africa, West Politics and government 1960-

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Introduction; PART I - Understanding Conflicts in West Africa; 1. ECOWAS: From Economic Integration to Peace-building; 2. Conflicts and Crises in West Africa: Internal and International Dimensions; 3. Natural Resources and the Dynamics of Conflicts in West Africa; 4. Social Vulnerability and Confilcts: Elements for Regional Conflict Vulnerability Analysis; 5. Demography, Environment and Conflict in West Africa; 6. Youth and Conlifcts in West Africa: Regional Threats and Potentials; 7. The Diaspora and Conflicts

8. Gender Dimensions of the ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture: A Regional Perspective on UN Resolution 1325PART II - ECOWAS' Institutional Responses to Confilcts; 9. ECOWAS and Regional



Responses to Conflicts; 10. ECOWAS and Human Security; 11. Reflections on Our Knowledge in Peacemaking; 12. Consolidating Regional Security: Security Sector Reform and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building testifies to the fact that we cannot talk of West African affairs, more so of conflict and peace-building, without talking about ECOWAS. For over two decades now, West Africa has remained one of Africaís most conflict-ridden regions. It has been a theatre of some of the most atrocious brutalities in the modern world. It has, nonetheless, witnessed one of the most ambitious internal efforts towards finding regional solutions to conflicts through ECOWAS. The lead role of ECOMOG ñ the ECOWAS peacekeeping force ñ in search of peaceful solution