Ordinary Violence And Social Change In Africa
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Ordinary Violence And Social Change In Africa
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2014-06-05
Ordinary Violence And Social Change In Africa written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Social Science categories.
Ordinary social violence, - i.e. recurrent mental or physical aggression occurring between closely related people - structures social relationships in Africa, and in the world. Studies of violence in Africa often refer to ethnic wars and explicit conflicts and do not enter the hidden domain of violence that this book reveals through in-depth anthropological studies from different parts and contexts in Africa. Ordinary violence has its distinctive forms embedded in specific histories and cultures. It is gendered, implicates witchcraft accusations, varies in rural and urban contexts, relates to demographic and socio-economic changes of the past decades and is embedded in the everyday life of many African citizens. The experience of ordinary violence goes beyond the simple notion of victimhood; instead it structures social life and should therefore be a compelling part of the study of social change.
Violence Politics And Conflict Management In Africa
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Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Violence Politics And Conflict Management In Africa written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with Political Science categories.
This volume critically interrogates, from different angles and dimensions, the resilience of conflict and violence into 21st century Africa. The demise of European colonial administration in Africa in the 1960s wielded fervent hope for enduring peace for the people of Africa. Regrettably, conflict alongside violence in all its dimensions – physical, religious, political, psychological and structural – remain unabated and occupy central stage in contemporary Africa. The resilience of conflict and violence on the continental scene invokes unsettling memories of the past while negatively influencing the present and future of crafting inclusive citizenship and statehood. he book provides fresh insightful ethnographic and intellectual material for rethinking violence and conflict, and for fostering long-lasting peace and political justice on the continent and beyond. With its penetrating focus on conflict and associated trajectories of violence in Africa, the book is an inestimable asset for conflict management practitioners, political scientists, historians, civil society activists and leaders in economics and politics as well as all those interested in the affairs of Africa.
Life After Violence
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Author : Peter Uvin
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-04-04
Life After Violence written by Peter Uvin 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 History categories.
Burundi has recently emerged from twelve years of devastating civil war. Its economy has been destroyed and hundreds and thousands of people have been killed. In this book, the voices of ordinary Burundians are heard for the first time. Farmers, artisans, traders, mothers, soldiers and students talk about the past and the future, war and peace, their hopes for a better life and their relationships with each other and the state. Young men, in particular, often seen as the cause of violence and war, talk about the difficulties of living up to standards of masculinity in an impoverished and war-torn society. Weaving a rich tapestry, Peter Uvin pitches the ideas and aspirations of people on the ground against the theory and assumptions often made by the international development and peace-building agencies and organisations. In doing this, he illuminates both shared goals and misunderstandings. This groundbreaking book on conflict and society in Africa will have profound repercussions for development across the world.
Women And Social Change In North Africa
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Author : Doris H. Gray
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-11
Women And Social Change In North Africa written by Doris H. Gray and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-11 with History categories.
A wide-ranging analysis of grass-roots activism, migration, legal, political and religious changes as basis for social transformation.
The Social Contract In Africa
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Author : Sanya Osha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-11
The Social Contract In Africa written by Sanya Osha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with POLITICAL SCIENCE categories.
This book employs the event of the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 to reflect on the event itself and beyond. Some of the chapters address the colonial encounter and its lingering reverberations on the African sociopolitical landscape. Others address the aftermath of large scale societal violence and trauma that pervade the African context. The contributions indicate the range of challenges confronting African societies in the postmodern era. They also illustrate the sheer resilience and inventiveness of those societies in the face of apparently overwhelming odds. What is the nature of political power in contemporary Africa as constituted from below instead of being a state driven phenomenon? What constitutes sovereignty without recourse to the usual academic responses and discourses? These two questions loom behind most of the deliberations contained in this book with contributions from an impressive field of international scholars.
Common Security And Civil Society In Africa
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Author : Lennart Wohlgemuth
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Release Date : 1999
Common Security And Civil Society In Africa written by Lennart Wohlgemuth and has been published by Nordic Africa Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Political Science categories.
This book is the outcome of a conference on common security and civil society in Africa. The contributions seek to go beyond the "war of images" to imagine a different and more secure future. They are concerned with five different themes: economic and social change; prevention of violent conflicts; the causes of conflict; political security, and the international politics of development partnership.
Transition Towards Gender Equality
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Author : Sonja Gierse-Arsten
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2024-01-10
Transition Towards Gender Equality written by Sonja Gierse-Arsten 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 2024-01-10 with Social Science categories.
Worldwide, Namibia ranks high regarding gender equality. However, many women are intimidated by violence perpetrated by men. This book is based on a social anthropological field research in the small town of Outjo, situated in Northern Central Namibia, over a period of 14 months. Gender is learnt, lived and reproduced in a societal frame. Violence against women, too, is perpetrated by men in a societal context. By using mainly qualitative research methods, Sonja Gierse-Arsten looks at male and female perspectives to reach a holistic understanding and to provide a basis for sustainable changes towards equal gender relations. She traces the transition from a hierarchical gender system during colonial times to the aspired equal gender relations in present Namibia. Current challenges characterised by poverty and great economic inequalities form the framework in which gender is performed and violence perpetrated. This study offers inspirations to re-think gender to reach substantive gender equality and to overcome the normalisation of violence.
African Roads To Prosperity
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-11-24
African Roads To Prosperity written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-24 with Social Science categories.
This book analyses the various cultural, social, economic and historical aspects that are formative in African societies’ experiences of being in transit on the road to prosperity. It gives insight into transformations that took place in African societies in the past century.
Gang Entry And Exit In Cape Town
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Author : Dariusz Dziewanski
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2021-10-04
Gang Entry And Exit In Cape Town written by Dariusz Dziewanski and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-04 with Social Science categories.
Joint Winner of the 2023 ASSAf Humanities Book Award in the Emerging Researcher Category This book showcases a practical starting point for changing how criminologists think about gangs and street culture – offering hope to those trying to exit gang life, as well as those trying to help them do so.
Nomadic Connectivity
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Author : Inge Butter
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-08-07
Nomadic Connectivity written by Inge Butter and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-07 with Business & Economics categories.
A focus on the everyday has produced this ethnography, which hopes to give a nuanced voice to an extended family of semi-sedentary nomads, living at the centre of a country and region known for its political turmoil, ecological insecurities, and socio-economic hardship. The everyday of the Chadian Walad Djifir is one in which sedentarity and mobility are approached as two entwined parts of a whole, and where economic and geographical boundaries do not necessarily form constrictions. The ferīkh (nomadic camp) is where all of the Walad Djifir’s networks meet, and often also begin— a physical place embodying various networks and connections, which span time and geographical space. This analytical and methodological approach gives insight in how regional trends can be understood in light of the Walad Djifir’s daily lives. Over time, the Walad Djifir have developed ways of coping and dealing with insecurities, interacting with infrastructural, technological, and socio-political developments in specific ways. In exploring how such insecurities and crises become anchored into the everyday, the ferīkh provides answers. It is precisely the mundane elements of daily life which anchor disruption.