Ecowas And The Dynamics Of Conflict And Peace Building
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Ecowas And The Dynamics Of Conflict And Peace Building
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Author : Thomas Jaye
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2011
Ecowas And The Dynamics Of Conflict And Peace Building written by Thomas Jaye and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building testifies to the fact that we cannot talk of West African affairs, more so of conflict and peace-building, without talking about ECOWAS. For over two decades now, West Africa has remained one of Africa's most conflict-ridden regions. It has been a theatre of some of the most atrocious brutalities in the modern world. It has, nonetheless, witnessed one of the most ambitious internal efforts towards finding regional solutions to conflicts through ECOWAS. The lead role of ECOMOG - the ECOWAS peacekeeping force - in search of peaceful solutions to civil wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Cote d'Ivoire has yielded a mix of successes and failures. In this book, the authors take a candid look at the role that ECOWAS has played and show how the sub-regional organisation has stabilised and created new conditions conducive to nation building in a number of cases. Conversely, the book shows that ECOWAS has aggravated, if not created, new tensions in yet other cases. The comparative advantage that ECOWAS has derived from these experiences is reflected in the various mechanisms, protocols and conventions that are now in place to ensure a more comprehensive conflict prevention framework. This book provides a nuanced analysis of the above issues and other dynamics of conflicts in the region. It also interrogates the roles played by ECOWAS and various other actors in the context of the complex interplay between natural resource governance, corruption, demography and the youth bulge, gender and the conflicting interests of national, regional and international players.
Ecowas And The Dynamics Of Conflict And Peace Building
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Author : T (Thomas); Garuba Jaye (D (Dauda) ; Amadi, S (Stella).)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Ecowas And The Dynamics Of Conflict And Peace Building written by T (Thomas); Garuba Jaye (D (Dauda) ; Amadi, S (Stella).) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Ecowas And The West African Conflicts
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Although ECOWAS relies on its member states to address the challenges narrated above, the organisation must understand the nuances and dynamics of the conflicts in order to play the role of facilitator and monitor of developments in the region. [...] He conceptualizes the notion of vulnerability and outlines its basic elements in the West It also examines the nature of the African state and the implications for understanding the dynamics of conflicts in the region. [...] The "declared" motivation in all the four countries where there have been peacekeeping and peace support missions have been similar: the desire to put an end to the carnage and destruction which, at the time of intervention had resulted in the death of considerable numbers of civilians and had resulted in the complete collapse of law and order. [...] 38 The crises and conflicts that have singularly afflicted West Africa, staring in the 1990s and beyond, can be said to result from the confluence of the legacy of the colonial and post- colonial era as well as new challenges stemming from the reconfiguration of the world in the late 1980s. [...] A telling evidence of the vote of confidence in the African state is the fact that even the African leader who serve as the custodians of the state have little faith in its ability to cater to their well-being.28 Agbese and Kieh go on to back up and illustrate this attitude toward the state of the very people who are in charge of running it.
Part I Understanding Conflicts In West Africa
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language : en
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Release Date : 2011
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The organisation was the first in the continent to undertake a major peacekeeping mission (beginning with the deployment of ECOMOG in Liberia in 1990); it was also the first to collaborate with the United Nations in meeting the challenges of a complex emergency in the post Cold War world, while it preceded other regional organisations in evolving a workable security management mechanism4. [...] The 'declared' motivation in all the four countries where there have been peacekeeping and peace support missions have been similar: the desire to put an end to the carnage and destruction which, at the time of intervention, had resulted in the death of considerable numbers of civilians and had resulted in the complete collapse of law and order. [...] However, the crucial question that has always remained is what needs to be done in these countries after the cessation of armed conflict to ensure that violence does not recur to further stall the development efforts and compound the security 1-ECOWAS.pmd 13 28/10/2011, 20:34 14 ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building challenges of the country and the sub-region? The experience of L. [...] The recognition by the UN, that the short-term nature and relatively narrow focus of peacekeeping cannot guarantee the consolidation of peace, led in part to the establishment of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) on 1 January 2006, the day after UNAMSIL's withdrawal was complete.16 Its role is to assist the Government of Sierra Leone with the consolidation of peace. [...] To be certain, the ECPF adopts a human security approach, thus moving far beyond peacekeeping and stabilisation to addressing many of the fundamental threats to the security of peoples and individuals - 'the protection of human and democratic rights and the promotion of human development to ensure freedom from fear and freedom from want'.19 The components of the ECPF confirm the focus on the combi.
Regional Economic Communities And Peacebuilding In Africa
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Author : Victor Adetula
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-30
Regional Economic Communities And Peacebuilding In Africa written by Victor Adetula and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-30 with Political Science categories.
This book outlines challenges to the effective operation of regional economic communities (RECs) with regards to peacebuilding in Africa. Critically examining these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on comparative analysis of the status, role, and performances of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), it examines particular constraints to their effective participation in regional initiatives. Focussing on inadequate technical capabilities, the complicity of state and non-state actors in conflicts within a region, the domestic politics of member states, it additionally addresses related theories and practices of peacekeeping, security, development, and the peacebuilding nexus. It also engages provisioning, regionalism, and regional peacekeeping interventions, the legal and institutional framework of RECs, and civil society and peacebuilding. Fundamentally, the book asks how effective the alliances and partnerships are in promoting regional peace and security and how much they are compromised by the intervention of external powers and actors, exploring new ideas and actions that may strengthen capacities to address the peacebuilding challenges on the continent effectively. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of African politics and studies, peace and security studies, regionalism studies, policy practitioners in the field of African peacebuilding, and more broadly to international relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003093695, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Ecowas In Conflict Prevention And Management In West Africa
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Author : Sunday A. Ochoche
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Ecowas In Conflict Prevention And Management In West Africa written by Sunday A. Ochoche and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Conflict management categories.
2 Conflicts And Crises In West Africa
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language : en
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Release Date : 2011
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The crises and conflicts that have singularly afflicted West Africa, staring in the 1990s and beyond, can be said to result from the confluence of the legacy of the colonial and post-colonial era as well as new challenges stemming from the reconfiguration of the world in the late 1980s. [...] A telling evidence of the vote of confidence in the African state is the fact that even the African leaders who serve as the custodians of the state have little faith in its ability to cater to their well-being.29 1-ECOWAS.pmd 31 28/10/2011, 20:34 32 ECOWAS and the Dynamics of Conflict and Peace-building Agbese and Kieh go on to back up and illustrate this attitude toward the state of the very peo. [...] The non-application of the socioeconomic clauses of conflicts is not always at- tributable to the bad faith of the government (though that can be the case as for Taylor's Liberia and Gbagbo in Cote d'Ivoire) but, quite often, to the intractable dire economic conditions that are the backdrop of the conflict itself. [...] It refers also to the impact of the states of the sub-region acting collectively to affect the evolution and outcome of conflict in the neighbourhood. [...] Indeed, as Copson has argued, the involvement of foreign powers in African conflicts has resulted in the increase in the level of violence in the 1980s.46 Before examining some of these influences on a number of conflicts in the sub-region, it is appropriate to examine the dimensions of conflicts as determined by, and stemming from, the activities and policies of sub-regional actors and the impact.
West Africa S Trouble Spots And The Imperative For Peace Building
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Author : Osita Agbu
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2006
West Africa S Trouble Spots And The Imperative For Peace Building written by Osita Agbu and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Africa, West categories.
This monograph highlights the necessity for taking preventive measures in the form of peace-building as a sustainable and long-term solution to conflicts in West Africa, with a special focus on the Mano River Union countries. Apart from the Mano River Union countries, efforts at resolving other conflicts in say, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, C'te d'Ivoire and Nigeria, have suffered from a lack of attention on the post-conflict imperatives of building peace in order to ensure that sustainable peace is achieved. Given the often intractable and inter-related nature of conflicts in this region, it argues for the need to revisit the existing mechanisms of conflict resolution in the sub-region with a view to canvassing a stronger case for stakeholders towards adopting the peace-building strategy as a more practical and sustainable way of avoiding wars in the sub-region. Peace-building in consonance with its infrastructure is a more sustainable approach to ensuring regional peace and stability and, therefore, ensuring development for the peoples of West Africa. Dr Osita Agbu is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos. His areas of specialization include Peace and Conflict studies, Governance and Democratization and Technology and Development. He was until recently, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan.
Building Peace In West Africa
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Author : Adekeye Adebajo
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Building Peace In West Africa written by Adekeye Adebajo and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
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Peace And Conflict In Africa
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Author : David Francis
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-04-04
Peace And Conflict In Africa written by David Francis and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-04 with Political Science categories.
Nowhere in the world is the demand for peace more prominent and challenging than in Africa. From state collapse and anarchy in Somalia to protracted wars and rampant corruption in the Congo; from bloody civil wars and extreme poverty in Sierra Leone to humanitarian crisis and authoritarianism in Sudan, the continent is the focus of growing political and media attention. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of conflict and peace across the continent. Bringing together a range of leading academics from Africa and beyond, Peace and Conflict in Africa is an ideal introduction to key themes of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, security and development. The book's stress on the importance of indigenous Africa approaches to creating peace makes it an innovative and exciting intervention in the field.