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Durable peace : challenges for peacebuilding in Africa / edited by Taisier M. Ali and Robert O. Matthews

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Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 443 pages) : maps
Additional Creators
Ali, Taisier Mohamed Ahmed and Matthews, Robert O.
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Contents
Post-civil war transitions in Ethiopia / John Young -- Obstacles to peacebuilding in Rwanda / Timothy Longman -- Uganda : the politics of 'consolidation' under Museveni's regime, 1996-2003 / John Kiyaga-Nsubuga -- Reconstructing peace in Liberia / William Reno -- The peace dividend in Mozambique, 1987-1997 / Alexander Costy -- Postwar and post-apartheid : the costs and benefits of peacebuilding, South African style / John S. Saul -- Zimbabwe and sustainable peacebuilding / Hevina Dashwood -- Somalia : international versus local attempts at peacebuilding / Hussein M. Adam -- Failures in peacebuilding : Sudan (1972-1983) and Angola (1991-1998) / Taisier M. Ali, Robert O. Matthews, and Ian Spears -- Development and peacebuilding : conceptual and operational deficits in international assistance / James Busumtwi-Sam -- Structural deficits and institutional adaptations to conflict and peacebuilding in Africa / James Busumtwi-Sam, Alexander Costy, and Bruce D. Jones -- Conclusion : the long and difficult road to peace / Taisier M. Ali and Robert O. Matthews.
Summary
The African continent has been racked with war in the years since decolonization. In the aftermath of violent conflict, peace is often fragile. With Durable Peace, Taisier M. Ali and Robert O. Matthews have brought together leading scholars to discuss the experiences of ten African countries - Angola, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe - in recovering from violent civil war. In this series of remarkable and thought-provoking essays, the contributors shed light on the process of peacebuilding. Collectively, they demonstrate that if efforts to restore peace in war-torn societies are to be successful, such efforts must be wide in scope, involving security and political issues, as well as economic development and socio-psychological reconciliation. Additionally, they must be extended over long periods of time and, above all else, anchored in the local community. Peacebuilding is a difficult process, subject to frequent setbacks, and sometimes outright failure. Durable Peace concludes that any peacebuilding effort must include at least four building blocks: a secure environment, new political institutions that are broadly representative, a healthy economy, and a mechanism for dealing with injustices of the past and future. How these blocks are put together will vary, but if they are arranged to fit the specific local circumstances, the outcome will likely be self-sustaining peace.
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ISBN
9781442674134 (electronic bk.)
144267413X (electronic bk.)
9780802084637
080208463X
0802036147 (bd.)
080208463X (pbk.)
9780802036148
1282022571
9781282022577
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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