Walk with Us and Listen : Political Reconciliation in Africa

• Autore: Villa-Vicencio Charles
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : Georgetown University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/9096; 341.52096
• Soggetto topico: Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Conflict management -- Africa; Peace-building -- Africa; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Africa; Reconciliation - Political aspects - Africa; Peace-building - Africa; Conflict management - Africa; Law, Politics & Government; International Relations
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960-
• Persona (resp. second.): Villa-VicencioCharles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Where Past and Present Meet; Prologue: Affinities and Tensions in Debate; 1 An African Journey; 2 Shared Peace; 3 From Encounter to Settlement; 4 National Conversation in South Africa; 5 Ubuntu; 6 Traditional African Reconciliation Practices; 7 Why Reconciliation Is Important; 8 Seeking Consensus; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists. The process of moving from situations of entrenched oppression, armed conflict, open warfare, and mass atrocities toward peace and reconciliation requires a series of small steps and compromises to open the way for the kind of dialogue and negotiation that make political stability, the beginning of democracy, and the rule of law a possibility. For over forty years, Charles Villa-Vicencio has been on the front lines of Africa's battle for racial equality. In Walk with Us and Listen, he argues that reconciliation needs honest talk
• Titolo autorizzato: Walk with Us and Listen
• ISBN: 1-58901-883-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816619903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II