Managing conflicts in Africa's democratic transitions /
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012. |
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| Description: | xxi, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8943620 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface & Acknowledgments
- Part 1. 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 Without a Name
- Part 2. Domestic and International Issues and Actors
- 4. Democratization and Post-Election Conflicts in Nigeria since Independence: A Historical Reconsideration
- 5. Incumbency as a Factor: Appropriation of State Security Re-sources and Electoral Governance in Nigeria
- 6. 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'lvoire
- 11. United States Foreign Policy Responses to Africa's Transitional Conflicts
- Part 3. Conflict Management Options
- 12. Post-Election Conflict Resolution in Africa: Lessons from African Peace Paradigms
- 13. 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
