LEADER 03083nam 2200709 450 001 9910544263303321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-350-21813-8 010 $a1-280-06281-9 010 $a9786613519979 010 $a1-84813-884-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350218130 035 $a(CKB)2550000000098129 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000668079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12278191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000668079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698706 035 $a(PQKB)10620002 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC875599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL875599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10541141 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL351997 035 $a(OCoLC)785335106 035 $a(OCoLC)787849187 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350218130 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000098129 100 $a20210311h20212012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfrican conflicts and informal power$b[electronic resource] $ebig men and networks /$fedited by Mats Utas 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2012. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $avii, 255 p 225 1 $aAfrica now 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-84813-882-2 311 $a1-84813-883-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Country case studies -- pt. 2. Thematic case studies. 330 $a"In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies and polities are very much informal in character, with informal actors, including so-called Big Men, often using their positions in the formal structure as a means to reach their own goals. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, African Conflicts and Informal Power shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continent's conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize African states, particularly those emerging from wars, will be in vain"--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aAfrica now (Zed Books) 606 $aPolitics and war$zAfrica 606 $aConflict management$zAfrica 606 $aInternational relations$2bicssc 615 0$aPolitics and war 615 0$aConflict management 615 7$aInternational relations 676 $a327.16096 686 $aLB 42465$2rvk 686 $aLB 51465$2rvk 702 $aUtas$b Mats 712 02$aNordiska Afrikainstitutet. 801 0$bE7B 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910544263303321 996 $aAfrican conflicts and informal power$92672238 997 $aUNINA