03681nam 2200697Ia 450 991046254990332120200520144314.01-283-63962-90-7391-7550-5(CKB)2670000000275432(EBL)1037797(OCoLC)854969054(SSID)ssj0000754967(PQKBManifestationID)12297770(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000754967(PQKBWorkID)10727239(PQKB)10374599(MiAaPQ)EBC1037797(Au-PeEL)EBL1037797(CaPaEBR)ebr10611226(CaONFJC)MIL395208(OCoLC)816282156(EXLCZ)99267000000027543220120720d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican democracy and development[electronic resource] challenges for post-conflict African nations /edited by Cassandra R. Veney and Dick SimpsonLanham [MD] Lexington Books20131 online resource (316 p.)"The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois at Chicago"--Introduction.0-7391-7549-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; I: Demobilization and Reconstruction; 1 Introduction; 2 No Justice, No Peace; 3 The Role of Ex-Combatants in Postwar Mozambique; 4 Memory Controversies in Post-Genocide Rwanda; II: Institutional Challenges; 5 Land Reform, Social Justice, and Reconstruction; 6 Elections as a Stress Test of Democratization in Societies; 7 Partners or Adversaries?; 8 Chieftaincy and Reconstruction in Sierra Leone; III: Partnerships on the Way Forward; 9 The Role of African Diasporas in Reconstruction; 10 The Role of the African Union in Postwar Reconstruction in Africa11 Governance Challenges of Sierra Leone12 Challenges of Governance Reform in Liberia; IV: The Future of Fragile States; 13 Achieving Development and Democracy; Index; About the ContributorsThis book is an examination of particular African countries that are in the post-conflict phase. They have experienced horrific civil wars that left thousands of their citizens internally displaced or as refugees in surrounding countries, and some fled to countries in the global north. The countries examined in the book are in the process of rebuilding institutions of governance that include judicial, legislative, and executive branches. In sum, the countries under review in the book are in the process of harnessPostwar reconstructionAfrica, Sub-SaharanCongressesPostwar reconstructionSierra LeoneCongressesNation-buildingAfrica, Sub-SaharanCongressesNation-buildingSierra LeoneCongressesDemocratizationAfrica, Sub-SaharanCongressesEconomic developmentPolitical aspectsAfrica, Sub-SaharanCongressesElectronic books.Postwar reconstructionPostwar reconstructionNation-buildingNation-buildingDemocratizationEconomic developmentPolitical aspects363.34984096Veney Cassandra Rachel1959-886975Simpson Dick W886976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462549903321African democracy and development1980693UNINA