03364nam 2200637 450 991015489060332120210311111955.01-350-22278-X1-78360-887-01-78360-884-610.5040/9781350222786(CKB)3710000000966397(MiAaPQ)EBC4748965(OCoLC)965145228(CaBNVSL)9781350222786(EXLCZ)99371000000096639720210311h20212016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierState of rebellion violence and intervention in the Central African Republic /Louisa LombardLondon, England :Zed Books,2016.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (305 pages) illustrations, mapAfrican arguments"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation."1-78360-885-4 1-78360-886-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index.Introduction -- Conflict and the state in the peace-kept world -- The nativeness of 'foreign' violence -- Mobility as power -- Long and short histories of rebellion -- DDR and the frustration of desires for entitlement -- War as the violence of the pack -- World champion of peacekeeping -- Conclusion."In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far - that the violence has been due to a religious divide, or politicians' manipulations, or profiteering. Instead, she shows that conflict has long been useful to Central African politics, a tendency that has been exacerbated by the international community's method of engagement with so-called fragile states. Furthermore, changing this state of affairs will require rethinking the relationships of all those present - rebel groups and politicians, as well as international interveners and diplomats. An urgent insight into this little-understood country and the problems with peacebuilding more broadly."--Publisher.African arguments.Violence and intervention in the Central African RepublicViolenceCentral African RepublicPeace-buildingCentral African RepublicArmed conflictbicsscCentral African RepublicPolitics and governmentCentral African RepublicSocial conditionsElectronic books.ViolencePeace-buildingArmed conflict967.41Lombard Louisa1221836International African Institute.Royal African Society.World Peace Foundation.YDXCPCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910154890603321State of rebellion2833284UNINA