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978 1 77582 004 8 978 1 77582 064 2 2013
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Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa
Concepts, role-players, policy and practice
T NEETHLING & H HUDSON (EDITORS)
Some of the bloodiest conflicts occur on the African continent. An Afrocentric perspective is therefore a suitable starting point for research into the possible strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding. The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of ‘post-conflict’ and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analysing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army’s strategy for PCRD in Africa, which has been developed with the African Union’s 2006 Post-Conflict, Reconstruction and Development Needs Assessment Guide in mind. This book emanates from this plan. It therefore also explores South Africa’s policy imperatives to integrate development projects and peace missions, involving the military as well as civilian organisations.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Theo Neethling is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State. He is widely published in accredited academic journals and currently serves on the editorial board of Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies and the Journal of Contemporary History.
Heidi Hudson is Professor and Director of the Centre for Africa Studies (CAS) at the University of the Free State. Her areas of research are gender and the politics of security, with a current focus on the postcolonial discursive and material dynamics of peacebuilding in Africa. She is co-editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics and serves on the editorial board of, among others, International Peacekeeping and Africa Insight.
SUITABLE FOR
• Academics and students of military academies
• Human rights lawyers and NGOs
• Students of international relations and political science
• Educated lay readers.
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