LEADER 03544nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910458561103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-90159-1 010 $a9786612901591 010 $a2-86978-424-4 010 $a2-86978-380-9 010 $a2-86978-294-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052057 035 $a(EBL)1134990 035 $a(OCoLC)741350899 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444643 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332539 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444643 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10481217 035 $a(PQKB)10042438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1134990 035 $a(OCoLC)646835832 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22129 035 $a(PPN)187340285 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1134990 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333800 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL290159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052057 100 $a20071203d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWest Africa's trouble spots and the imperative for peace-building$b[electronic resource] /$fOsita Agbu 210 $aDakar, Senegal $cCouncil for Development of Social Science Research in Africa$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (116 p.) 225 0 $aMonograph series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a2-86978-193-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [98]-104). 327 $aFront Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgement; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Peace Concept and Peace-building; Chapter Three - An Overview of the Liberian Crisis; Chapter Four - An Overview of the Sierra Leonean Crisis; Chapter Five - The Guinean Dimension: Dynamics of the Sub-regional Conflicts and Implications for Peace; Chapter Six - Other Conflicts in the Sub-Region; Chapter Seven - Regional Conflict Resolution Efforts; Chapter Eight - Multilateral Organisations and Conflict Resolution in the Sub-region 327 $aChapter Nine - The Role of External ActorsChapter Ten - The Imperative for Peace-Building; Chapter Eleven - Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover 330 $aThis monograph highlights the necessity for taking preventive measures in the form of peace-building as a sustainable and long-term solution to conflicts in West Africa, with a special focus on the Mano River Union countries. Apart from the Mano River Union countries, efforts at resolving other conflicts in say, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, C?te d'Ivoire and Nigeria, have suffered from a lack of attention on the post-conflict imperatives of building peace in order to ensure that sustainable peace is achieved. Given the often intractable and inter-related nature of conflicts in this region, it argue 606 $aPeace-building$zAfrica, West 606 $aConflict management$zAfrica, West 606 $aSocial conflict$zAfrica, West 606 $aPolitical violence$zAfrica, West 607 $aAfrica, West$xPolitics and government$y1960- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPeace-building 615 0$aConflict management 615 0$aSocial conflict 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a327.1720966 700 $aAgbu$b Osita$01052524 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458561103321 996 $aWest Africa's trouble spots and the imperative for peace-building$92483878 997 $aUNINA