Overview
- Serves as an essential, high-quality reference work on peace and security in Africa
- Offers a good balance of breadth and depth of understanding of the field of African peace and security issues, as well as conceptual focus (Pax Africana) to navigate its vast and complex terrain
- Features contributions by a diverse group of academic experts and policymakers mainly from Africa, including several with first-hand experience in the vanguard of conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding on the continent
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Theory and Practice of Pax Africana
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Front Matter
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Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking
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Keywords
- conflict prevention
- peacemaking
- peacekeeping
- peacebuilding
- African Union
- Economic Community of West African States
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- Economic Community of Central African States
- Arab Maghreb Union
- Ali Mazrui
- Organisation of African Unity
- African Peace and Security Architecture
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Reviews
“Bringing together among the best contemporary scholars working on conflict in Africa, this collection demonstrates the importance of the continent’s still developing institutional infrastructure of peacebuilding. Scholars and practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of conflict analysis and resolution in Africa will find it invaluable.” (Terrence Lyons, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, USA)
“This volume brings together senior scholars and practitioners in the field, along with talented emerging scholars, to reflect upon the successes and limitations of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding in Africa. Organised around the central concept of Pax Africana, the book offers a comprehensive, insightful, highly astute, and sometimes sobering analysis of the progress made towards peace on the African continent.”(Devon E. A. Curtis, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK)
“Withcontributions mainly from academics and practitioners who have grappled with the intellectual appeal and enormous challenges for Africa of turning the late Ali Mazrui's vision of Pax Africana into reality, this book is a good rendition of some of the rich and unique lessons from these outstanding African scholars.” (Musifiky Mwanasali, former Special Adviser for Political and Diplomatic Affairs, Office of the Chairperson, AU Commission)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tony Karbo is Co-Founder and Executive Director of N’Zarama Centre for Peacebuilding (NCP) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Kudrat Virk is Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa
Editors: Tony Karbo, Kudrat Virk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62202-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Centre for Conflict Resolution 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62201-9Published: 08 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87256-8Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62202-6Published: 30 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 498
Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Security Studies, Peace Studies, African Politics, Regionalism, Governance and Government, International Relations Theory