Violence, Political Culture and Development in Africa
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Africa
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democracy
economic emergencies
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new wars
political problems
social disintegration
warlord politics
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- ISBN 9780852558942
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2006
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This volume throws light on the ways in which violence, political culture and development have interacted in African history.
Africa has witnessed a number of transitions to democracy in recent years. Coinciding with this upsurge in democratic transitions there also have been spectacular experiences of social disintegration.
An alternative to discourses of the 'failed' and 'collapsed' state in Africa is an approach that takes seriously the complexity of historical processes, on which the political development of individual nation states was based. The chapters in this volumerun in a continuum from discussions of 'warlord politics' to an understanding of the 'new wars' in Africa as outcomes of fundamental changes in social solidarity. Wars and violent conflicts in Africa can thus be understood as responses to economic emergencies and political problems which are real, have histories, and can be engaged with constructively through both intellectual and practical efforts.
Preben Kaarsholm is Associate Professor of International Development Studies at Roskilde
Contributors include: WILLIAM RENO on state insurgencies, KOEN VLASSENROOT on eastern Congo; NIGEL ELTRINGHAM on Rwanda; DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON on Darfur; JOCELYN ALEXANDER on Matabeleland; ALESSANDRO TRIULZI on Ethiopia; PREBEN KAARSHOLM on KwaZulu-Natal; MATS UTAS on Liberia and PAUL RICHARDS on Sierra Leone.
North America: Ohio U Press
Preben Kaarsholm is Professor of International Development Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark
