Hot spot [[electronic resource] ] : Sub-Saharan Africa / / Toyin Falola and Adebayo O. Oyebade

• Autore: Falola Toyin
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 967.03/2
• Soggetto topico: Ethnic conflict - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Political violence - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Political stability - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OyebadeAdebayo
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Brief Historical Overview""""Ethnicity, Politics, and Conflict""; ""The Military in Politics""; ""Minority Uprising and Communal Violence""; ""The Crisis of Governance""; ""Chapter 4: Southern Africa""; ""Southern Africa and Conflict in Historical Perspective""; ""White Minority Regimes and Liberation Struggle: Rhodesia and South West Africa""; ""Racial Oppression and Violent Resistance in South Africa""; ""Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique""; ""The Cold War, South Africa, and Regional Conflict""; ""Chapter 5: East Africa and the Great Lakes Region""; ""Ethiopiaâ€?s Wars and Red Terror"" ; ""Eritrea""""Somalia: A Failed State""; ""Piracy in the Horn""; ""Civil Wars in Sudan""; ""Terrorism""; ""Uganda""; ""Conflicts in the Great Lakes: Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo""; ""Appendix: Independence Dates for African States""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and developmen
• Titolo autorizzato: Hot spot
• ISBN: 1-282-96357-0; 9786612963575; 0-313-35972-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456369503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hot spot histories.