Beschreibung:
Oliver Furley is a Visiting Professor at the African Studies Centre, Coventry University, UK. He specialises in East African affairs and democratisation. Roy May is Professor Emeritus of African Politics and Director of the African Studies Centre at Coventry University. He is currently researching political change in Sierra Leone and in Chad and democracy in Cape Verde.
Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractable state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time. This volume explores the process by which these wars were ended, discusses the lessons learnt, and examines the sustainability of recently reconciled conflicts to see how far peace solutions are permanent in this region.
Chapter 1 Introduction, OliverFurley, RoyMay; Part 1 General Issues; Chapter 2 Africäs Wars, RichardJackson; Chapter 3 Post-settlement Governance Programmes, BruceBaker; Chapter 4 Civil Society, Reconciliation and Conflict Transformation in Post-war Africa, AndrewRigby; Chapter 5 Disarmament, Demobilization, Reinsertion and Reintegration in Africa, JoannaSpear; Part 2 Case Studies; Chapter 6 Multi-party Mediation in the Guinea-Bissau Civil War, SimonMassey; Chapter 7 Democratic Republic of Congo, EmericRogier; Chapter 8 Uganda, OliverFurley; Chapter 9 Elusive Settlement, NorrieMacQueen; Chapter 10 A Separate Peace, ChrisAlden; Chapter 11 Peacemaking in Sudan, PeterWoodward; Chapter 12 Liberia, GerryCleaver, SimonMassey; Chapter 13 A Long Prelude to Peace, RogerSouthall; Chapter 14 A Sustainable Peace? Sierra Leone, BruceBaker, RoyMay;