Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 339 Seiten)
ISBN:
128394040X
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9781283940405
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9780739172643
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0739172638
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9780739172636
Content:
This book explores the nascent and complex terrain of democratization and peaceful political transitions in Africa. It analyzes major election-related conflicts across the continent, explains their root causes and major consequences, and offers measures that may be undertaken to prevent, manage, and resolve election-induced conflicts. It charts a path for the future political and democratic stability in Africa.
Content:
Intro -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE UNDERSTANDING AFRICA'S DEMOCRATIZATION, ELECTIONS, AND CONFLICTS -- CHAPTER ONE DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: DEMOCRATIZATION, ELECTIONS, AND CONFLICTS IN AFRICA -- CHAPTER TWO SECURITY IN POST-CIVIL WAR DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN AFRICA -- CHAPTER THREE TRAUMATICS: THE REPRESENTATION OF TRAUMA IN YVONNE VERA'S WITHOUT A NAME -- PART TWO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND ACTORS -- CHAPTER FOUR DEMOCRATIZATION AND POST-ELECTION CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE: A HISTORICAL RECONSIDERATION -- CHAPTER FIVE INCUMBENCY AS A FACTOR: APPROPRIATION OF STATE SECURITY RESOURCES AND ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA -- CHAPTER SIX RELIGION AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN EGYPT -- CHAPTER SEVEN DEMOCRATIZATION IN SENEGAL: THE FAILURE OF THE SOPI REVOLUTION -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE INVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY IN LUSOPHONE WEST AFRICA -- CHAPTER NINE CONFLICT ANALYSIS OF THE 2007 POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA -- CHAPTER TEN THE FRENCH PRESS AND POSITION ON POST-ELECTION CRISIS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE -- CHAPTER ELEVEN UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSES TO AFRICA'S TRANSITIONAL CONFLICTS -- PART THREE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS -- CHAPTER TWELVE POST-ELECTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA: LESSONS FROM AFRICAN PEACE PARADIGMS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN AN AFRICAN MODEL? CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN GHANA'S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA'S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION (TRC) FOR MANAGING AFRICA'S CONFLICTS -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN COULD FORGIVENESS AND AMNESTY BE A PANACEA FOR KENYA'S POST-ELECTION CONFLICT ERA? -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN ESTABLISHING ELECTORAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT PANELS: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICA -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN POST-ELECTORAL CONFLICT IN LA CÔTE D'IVOIRE: ROAD MAP TO PEACE -- ABOUT THE EDITOR -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Managing Conflicts in Africa's Democratic Transitions; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface & Acknowledgments; Part One: Understanding Africa's Democratization, Elections, and Conflicts; 1 Dreams and Nightmares: Democratization, Elections, and Conflicts in Africa; 2 Security in Post-Civil War Democratic Transitions in Africa; 3 Traumatics: The Representation of Trauma in Yvonne Vera's; Part Two: Domestic and International Issues and Actors; 4 Democratization and Post-Election Conflicts in Nigeria since Independence: A Historical Reconsideration
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5 Incumbency as a Factor: Appropriation of State Security Resources and Electoral Governance in Nigeria6 Religion and Political Activism in Egypt; 7 Democratization in Senegal: The Failure of the Sopi Revolution; 8 The Involution of Democracy in Lusophone West Africa; 9 Conflict Analysis of the 2007 Post-election Violence in Kenya; 10 The French Press and Position on Post-Election Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire; 11 United States Foreign Policy Responses to Africa's Transitional Conflicts; Part Three: Conflict Management Options
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12 Post-Election Conflict Resolution in Africa: Lessons from AfricanPeace Paradigms13 An African Model? Conflict Management in Ghana's 2008 Presidential Elections; 14 Lessons from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Managing Africa's Conflicts; 15 Could Forgiveness and Amnesty Be a Panacea for Kenya's Post-Election Conflict Era?; 16 Establishing Electoral Conflict Management Panels: A Case Study of South Africa; 17 Post-Electoral Conflict in la Côte d'Ivoire: Road Map to Peace; About the Editor; About the Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283941198
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780739172636
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1-283-94119-8
Language:
English
URL:
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Author information:
Adebayo, Akanmu G. 1956-
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