The State of Peacebuilding in Africa : Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners.
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Springer International Publishing AG,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Part I Peacebuilding in Transition
- 1 Introduction
- The State of Peacebuilding in Africa
- Key Issues and Themes in Peacebuilding in Africa
- Organization of the Book
- 2 Learning Lessons from Peace Operations in Africa
- Introduction
- Trends in Peace Operations in Africa
- Record Levels
- Wide-Ranging Mandates
- Protecting Civilians
- Using Force
- Partnership Peacekeeping
- Lessons Identified from Peace Operations in Africa
- The Primacy of Politics
- Ends and Means in Tune
- Effective Force Generation
- Ensure Accountability
- Key Recommendations
- 3 The Economics of Peacebuilding: International Organizations for Dealing with Victor and Vanquished
- Introduction
- The Treaty of Versailles-An Ambiguous Peace
- An Economic Peace to Begin All Peace
- Dividends of the Economic Reconstruction Program
- Lessons from the Economic Reconstruction Program
- Economic Development and Peacebuilding in Africa
- Inaction in Guinea-Bissau
- Côte d'Ivoire-A Success Story
- Bleak Outlook for Libya and the Sahel
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- 4 Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Introduction
- The Past 30 Years: An Overview of Major Developments in Religious Peacebuilding in Africa
- Religious Diplomacy
- Islamic Social and Humanitarian Services
- Inter-faith Peacebuilding Initiatives and Education for Peace
- Case Studies, Key Issues, and Lessons Learned
- Côte d'Ivoire
- The Central African Republic
- Religious Pluralism as a Challenge to Peaceful Coexistence
- Forms of Intolerance
- Muslim Peacebuilding
- Key Recommendations
- 5 Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperatives of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
- Introduction.
- Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration
- Case Studies: Uganda and Burundi
- Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme
- The Structural Challenges with the Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme
- Reintegration of Burundi's Child Soldiers
- Key Recommendations
- 6 United Nations Peacekeeping, Human Rights, and the Protection of Civilians
- The Basis of the Mandate
- The Normative and Institutional Framework
- Implementation and Track Record
- Lessons and Challenges
- Uncertain Political Commitment and Support
- Conceptual Ambiguity
- Compatibility with the Original Idea of Peacekeeping
- Finding the Right Balance Among the Tools
- Enforcing the Primary Responsibility of the Host State
- Key Recommendations
- Part II Strategies and Tools
- 7 Sustaining the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Africa
- Introduction
- Catalyzing Women, Peace, and Security through UN Peace Operations in Africa
- Evolution of Women, Peace, and Security in Peacekeeping
- Intersection with Continental, Regional, and Domestic Approaches
- Furthering Women, Peace and Security Through UN Peacekeeping Missions: Case Studies
- Liberia: Lessons from Integrating Gender and Transitions
- South Sudan: Navigating Politics and Protection Concerns
- Conclusions
- Key Recommendations
- 8 Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa
- Introduction
- Evolution of Local Peace Committees as Mechanisms for Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa
- Emergence of Local Peace Committees in Africa as Self-Help Community Initiatives
- Toward the Formalization of Local Peace Committees in Africa
- The Ascendancy of NGO-Sponsored Local Peace Committees
- Three Decades of Local Peace Committees: Key Issues and Lessons Learned
- To Formalize or Not to Formalize?.
- Relationship with Formal Institutions and Processes of the State
- Scope of Local Peace Committee Intervention
- Local Peace Committees as Sites for Social Contestation and Normative Contradictions
- Funding and External Support
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- 9 Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
- Introduction
- Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: Contexts and Contents
- Thirty Years of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: Issues, Trends and Lessons Learned
- Africa, a Major Host of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Programs
- Africa as a "Living Laboratory"23 for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration
- From Combatant-Focused to Community-Based Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration
- Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: The Achilles Heel, and the Iron Rules
- The Achilles Heel: The Challenge of Incomplete Reintegration
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations: Three Iron Rules
- 10 The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding
- Introduction
- Elections and Peacebuilding
- Three Decades of Elections in Africa: What Do We Know About Their Impact on Peacebuilding?
- Winner-Takes-All Politics
- Sequencing and Timing
- Challenges and Emerging Threats to Election Peace in Africa
- Technology and Elections
- Litigating Election Results
- Abusing Presidential Term Limits
- Increasing Cost of Financing Elections and Elective Politics
- Key Recommendations
- 11 Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)
- Introduction
- Overview of the Post-Cold War Security Context of Africa.
- The African Peace and Security Architecture: Early Warning and Conflict Prevention
- WANEP's Early Warning Contributions to Peace and Security in West Africa
- Key Recommendations
- Part III Regional and International Dimensions of Peacebuilding
- 12 The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa
- Introduction
- Understanding Peacebuilding
- African Initiatives Toward Peacebuilding: From the OAU to the AU
- Peacebuilding Before the African Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy
- The Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy
- Key Recommendations
- 13 Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Transformation
- Introduction
- Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework and Mediation
- SADC's Policy and Institutional Framework for Mediation
- Trends in SADC Mediation in Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Madagascar
- Zimbabwe
- Madagascar
- Lesotho
- The Potential Contribution of the Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework to SADC Mediation
- Key Recommendations
- 14 The International Criminal Court's Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa
- Introduction
- Domestic Amnesties
- Domestic Amnesties in Uganda
- Domestic Amnesties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Peace Negotiations
- Peace Negotiations in Uganda
- Peace Negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- 15 Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary?
- Introduction
- Origins of Humanitarian Action
- Mandate Shift in Africa
- The Humanitarian Bind
- South Sudan
- The Central African Republic
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mali
- Key Recommendations
- 16 Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner's Perspective
- Introduction
- Cyprus and Myanmar-Lessons for Africa?
- Darfur/Sudan
- Key Challenges.
- Striking a Balance Between Peace and Justice, Including Strengthening Relations Between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court
- Factoring Implementation Agreements into Mediation Efforts
- Ensuring Strong Women's Participation in Conflict Resolution
- Managing Spoilers Through Innovative Approaches: Inducements, Socializations, Coercion, and Leverage
- The Inducement or Carrots Strategy
- The Socialization Strategy
- Coercion or Stick Strategy
- Exercising Leverage
- Promoting Cohesion among Mediators and Good Offices through Support for a Unified Mediator
- Relations with NGOs and Civil Society Groups
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- Part IV Country-Case Studies
- 17 Peacebuilding as State Building? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Introduction
- The Shift in International Peacebuilding Toward State-Building
- Evolution of International Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Background to the Conflicts
- Peace Accords: Ending the Second Congo War (1998-2003)
- Politics Below the Surface
- Power Sharing and National Elections: The DRC's Transitional Government (2003-2006)
- Politics Below the Surface
- Evolution of UN Peacebuilding (2006-2017): "Restoring State Authority"
- Politics Below the Surface
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- 18 Violence, Peacebuilding, and Elite Bargains in Mozambique Since Independence
- Introduction
- Historical Background
- The Post-independence Civil War
- Failed Attempts to End the War
- The Rome General Peace Accord
- Learning from the Past for Future Peacebuilding
- RENAMO's Electoral Fortunes
- The 2019 Peace Accords
- Importance of Decentralization for Peacebuilding
- Conclusion
- Key Recommendations
- 19 The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned to War After Peacekeepers Left?
- Introduction1.
- Sierra Leone's Peacebuilding Challenges.