03958nam 2200625Ia 450 991046320050332120200520144314.01-283-94040-X0-7391-7264-6(CKB)2670000000329027(EBL)1108235(OCoLC)824081609(SSID)ssj0000804765(PQKBManifestationID)12281448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804765(PQKBWorkID)10815631(PQKB)10217549(MiAaPQ)EBC1108235(Au-PeEL)EBL1108235(CaPaEBR)ebr10643341(CaONFJC)MIL425290(EXLCZ)99267000000032902720120604d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManaging conflicts in Africa's democratic transitions[electronic resource] /Akanmu G. Adebayo, [editor]Lanham, MD Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7263-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Managing Conflicts in Africa's Democratic Transitions; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface & Acknowledgments; Part One: Understanding Africa's Democratization, Elections, and Conflicts; 1 Dreams and Nightmares: Democratization, Elections, and Conflicts in Africa; 2 Security in Post-Civil War Democratic Transitions in Africa; 3 Traumatics: The Representation of Trauma in Yvonne Vera's; Part Two: Domestic and International Issues and Actors; 4 Democratization and Post-Election Conflicts in Nigeria since Independence: A Historical Reconsideration5 Incumbency as a Factor: Appropriation of State Security Resources and Electoral Governance in Nigeria6 Religion and Political Activism in Egypt; 7 Democratization in Senegal: The Failure of the Sopi Revolution; 8 The Involution of Democracy in Lusophone West Africa; 9 Conflict Analysis of the 2007 Post-election Violence in Kenya; 10 The French Press and Position on Post-Election Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire; 11 United States Foreign Policy Responses to Africa's Transitional Conflicts; Part Three: Conflict Management Options12 Post-Election Conflict Resolution in Africa: Lessons from AfricanPeace Paradigms13 An African Model? Conflict Management in Ghana's 2008 Presidential Elections; 14 Lessons from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Managing Africa's Conflicts; 15 Could Forgiveness and Amnesty Be a Panacea for Kenya's Post-Election Conflict Era?; 16 Establishing Electoral Conflict Management Panels: A Case Study of South Africa; 17 Post-Electoral Conflict in la Côte d'Ivoire: Road Map to Peace; About the Editor; About the Contributors; IndexThis book explores the nascent and complex terrain of democratization and peaceful political transitions in Africa. It analyzes major election-related conflicts across the continent, explains their root causes and major consequences, and offers measures that may be undertaken to prevent, manage, and resolve election-induced conflicts. It charts a path for the future political and democratic stability in Africa.DemocratizationAfricaConflict managementAfricaPolitical violenceAfricaPreventionAfricaPolitics and government1960-Electronic books.DemocratizationConflict managementPolitical violencePrevention.303.69096Adebayo A. G(Akanmu Gafari),1956-872221MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463200503321Managing conflicts in Africa's democratic transitions2029950UNINA