Violence, politics and conflict management in Africa : envisioning transformation, peace and unity in the twenty-first century /
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| Imprint: | Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2016] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10923131 |
| Summary: | This volume critically interrogates, from different angles and dimensions, the resilience of conflict and violence into 21st century Africa. The demise of European colonial administration in Africa in the 1960s wielded fervent hope for enduring peace for the people of Africa. Regrettably, conflict alongside violence in all its dimensions � physical, religious, political, psychological and structural � remain unabated and occupy central stage in contemporary Africa. The resilience of conflict and violence on the continental scene invokes unsettling memories of the past while negatively influencing the present and future of crafting inclusive citizenship and statehood. The book provides fresh insightful ethnographic and intellectual material for rethinking violence and conflict, and for fostering long-lasting peace and political justice on the continent and beyond. With its penetrating focus on conflict and associated trajectories of violence in Africa, the book is an inestimable asset for conflict management practitioners, political scientists, historians, civil society activists and leaders in economics and politics as well as all those interested in the affairs of Africa. |
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| Item Description: | Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789956764488 9956764485 9789956763542 |