Is violence inevitable in Africa? : theories of conflict and approaches to conflict prevention /

Is violence inevitable in Africa? : theories of conflict and approaches to conflict prevention / edited by Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel, and Anna-Maria Gentili. - Boston ; Leiden : Brill, ©2005. - 1 online resource (vi, 245 pages). - African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, v. 1 1574-6925 ; . - African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 1. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Angola and the theory of war / Ethnicity and citizenship in Sub Saharan Africa / Natural resources, scarcity and conflict: a perspective from below / Empirical perspectives on African conflict resolution / Area studies, the analysis of conflicts and the evaluation of preventive practice in Africa / The social cost of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Theodore Trefon -- Assessing Africa's two-phase peace implementation process: power-sharing and democratization / Administrative decentralization and political conflict in Mali / Principles for conflict transformation: practitioners in Africa / Violent conflict and conflict prevention in Africa / Christopher Cramer -- Anna-Maria Gentili -- Mirjam de Bruijn, Han van Dijk -- Klaas van Walraven -- Andreas Mehler -- Donald Rothchild -- Gerti Hesseling, Han van Dijk -- Shamil Idriss -- Ulf Engel.

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This volume brings together a wide range of international experts to analyse the causes of violent conflict in Africa, to review the various approaches to conflict prevention and conflict resolution and to discuss some of the practical difficulties in ending violence.


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Since 1960


Conflict management--Africa.
Political violence--Africa.
Political violence--Prevention.--Africa
Gestion des conflits--Afrique.
Violence politique--Afrique.
Violence politique--Prévention.--Afrique
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Violence in Society.
Conflict management.
Politics and government
Political violence.
Political violence--Prevention.
Politischer Konflikt
Gewalt
Konfliktvermeidung


Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Afrique--Politique et gouvernement--1960-
Africa.
Afrika


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