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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809220603321

Autore

Sesay Amadu

Titolo

Post-war regimes and state reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone / / Amadu Sesay [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009

ISBN

1-282-90150-8

9786612901508

2-86978-413-9

2-86978-369-8

2-86978-300-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (122 p.)

Collana

Codesria book series

Altri autori (Persone)

UkejeCharles

Disciplina

320.96662

Soggetti

Postwar reconstruction - Sierra Leone

Postwar reconstruction - Liberia

Liberia Politics and government 1980-

Sierra Leone Politics and government 1961-

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. [105]-109).

Nota di contenuto

Post-war regimes and state reconstruction: a framework for analysis and comparative experience -- State collapse and civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Liberia -- Regime types and post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone -- Post-war regimes and reconstruction: analysis of empirical data from Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Sommario/riassunto

The shocks of the unexpected outbreak of violent internal armed conflicts in post Cold War West Africa continue to linger in policy and academic circles. While considerable attention is devoted to explaining the civil wars, there is little understanding of the delicate and unpredictable processes of reconstruction. Post-war reconstruction programmes in Africa have become, by and large, externally driven processes; and while externalisation may not be negative per se, it is important to interrogate how such intervention recognises and interacts with local dynamics, and how it manipulates and co