Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa: Concepts, Role-players, Policy and Practice - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1775820041 ISBN 13 : 9781775820048

Editeur : University of Cape Town Press, 2013

Synopsis

Some of the bloodiest conflicts occurred on the African continent. An Afrocentric perspective is therefore a suitable starting point for research into the possible strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding.

The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of `post-conflict’ and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analysing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army’s strategy for PCRD in Africa, which has been developed with the African Union’s 2006 Post-Conflict, Reconstruction and Development Needs Assessment Guide in mind. This book emanates from this plan. It therefore also explores South Africa’s policy imperatives to integrate development projects and peace missions, involving the military as well as civilian organisations.

While this book is not intended as an instruction manual, it hopes to ignite an understanding of the particular processes required to develop a sustainable and cohesive post-conflict peacebuilding strategy within the African environment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Theo Neethling is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is widely published in accredited academic journals and currently serves on the editorial board of Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies and the Journal of Contemporary History.

Heidi Hudson is Professor and Director of the Centre for Africa Studies (CAS) at the University of the Free State, South Africa. Her areas of research are gender and the politics of security, with a current focus on the postcolonial discursive and material dynamics of peacebuilding in Africa. She is co-editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics and serves on the editorial board of, among others, International Peacekeeping and Africa Insight.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Cape Town Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1775820041
• ISBN 13: 9781775820048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Neethling Theo, Hudson Heidi
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible