Zones of Conflict in Africa : Theories and Cases.

Cover -- ZONES OF CONFLICT IN AFRICA -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I BACKGROUND -- 1 Introduction -- OVERVIEW -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- PART II: CASE STUDIES -- NOTE -- 2 Theories of Conflict and Conflict Resolution -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORIES ON THE ROOTS OF CIVIL CONFLICTS -- The Primordial Theory -- The Class Theory -- The Eclectic Theory -- THEORIES OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION -- Peacemaking Theories -- Peacekeeping Theories -- Peace Enforcement Theory -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 3 The Context of Civil Conflict in Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONFLICT CONTEXT -- Colonialism and Its Legacy -- The Postcolonial Authoritarian Multiplex -- The Crisis of Economic Underdevelopment -- Social Malaise -- The Ethno-Cultural Conundrum -- THE CONFLICT CONTEXT-CONFLICT ACTUALIZATION NEXUS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 Civil Conflicts in Africa: Patterns and Trends -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PATTERNS OF CIVIL CONFLICTS IN AFRICA -- The Secessionist Pattern -- The Struggle over State Power Pattern -- The Third Wave of Democratization Pattern -- The Ethnic Pattern -- THE MIXED PATTERN -- CONFLICT TRENDS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PART II CASE STUDIES -- 5 Civil Conflicts and Conflict Management in the Great Lakes Region of Africa -- INTRODUCTION -- CHRONIC POLITICAL INSTABILITY -- Rwanda's Bloodbath -- Burundi: Provocation and Retaliations -- Uganda: Coups and Backlash -- From Zaire to the DRC: Security and Human Rights Concerns -- PARTICIPATION AND CONSTITUTIONALISM -- Citizenship in a Polarized Society -- The Constitution: A Unifying Political Instrument? -- PEACE IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION: WHICH WAY FORWARD? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 6 Understanding the Liberian Civil War -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE COUP OF APRIL 12, 1980 -- TRANSITION TO "CIVILIAN" RULE -- THE SECOND REPUBLIC -- REACTIONS OF ETHNIC GROUPS TO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES.

Krahn -- Mano and Gio -- Mandingo -- THE CIVIL WAR -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1997 -- PROSPECTS FOR PEACEBUILDING -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 7 Military Rule and Sociopolitical Crises in Nigeria -- INTRODUCTION -- DEMOCRACY UNDER MILITARY TUTELAGE? -- MILITARY RULE AND SOCIO-POLITICAL CRISES IN NIGERIA -- NIGERIA AND MILITARY DISENGAGEMENT FROM POLITICS -- ANNULMENT OF THE JUNE 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- DEMOCRATIZATION: FLAWS IN STRATEGIES AND RESPONSES -- CRISES IN NIGERIA: WHAT MUST BE DONE? -- ABUBAKAR'S TRANSITION PROGRAM -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 8 The Somali Civil War -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TAPROOTS OF THE CIVIL WAR -- The Contingent Factors -- The Proximate Factors -- THE DYNAMICS OF THE CIVIL WAR -- CONFLICT RESOLUTION EFFORTS -- RESOLVING THE SOMALI CIVIL WAR: SOME PRESCRIPTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 9 Democratic Consolidation and Civil Conflict in Zambia -- ORIGINS OF THE "NEW" LIBERALIZATION -- THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN AFRICA -- DEMOCRATIZATION AND CONFLICTS IN ZAMBIA -- Economic Failure and Conflicts -- Growing Corruption and State Delegitimization -- Ethnicity, Provincialism, and the Redirection of Loyalties -- The "Born Again" Syndrome: The Merger of Church and State -- THE RISE OF THE OPPOSITION: HEALTHY CIVIL SOCIETY OR POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM? -- Human Rights Abuses in MMD Zambia -- Popular Resistance to the MMD -- CONCLUSION: TOWARD CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION -- NOTES -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

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