Durable Peace: Challenges For Peacebuilding In Africa - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0802036147 ISBN 13: 9780802036148

Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2004

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Taisier M. Ali is an independent scholar living in Toronto. Robert O. Matthews is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

'Good case studies are enormously valuable for policy makers, and this well-edited collection is better than most: a very valuable addition to the literature on African peacebuilding.'

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0802036147
• ISBN 13: 9780802036148
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 443
• Redattore: Ali Taisier M., Matthews Robert O.