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Author: Devon Curtis ,
Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa ,
Adekeye Adebajo ,
Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Imprint: Ohio University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780821420133
ISBN 10: 0821420135
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 21 September 2012
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""This is a fine work of collective, substantiated scholarship. Particularly praiseworthy is its list of authors. Many are extremely well known in the field and highly regarded. Many are also African scholars, which is a major contribution of its own, introducing them to a non-Africanist peace building audience and implementing a widely shared, current goal in the field of creating 'north-south' networks of scholars."" - Susan Woodward - Professor, PhD Program in Political Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York ""What makes (Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa) particularly interesting is the emphasis on peacebuilding as a process in which local and global ideas interact: ideas that are mediated by local, national, and regional actors... This is topical and relevant, as it is becoming more and more clear that local actors may not necessarily share the objectives, strategies and priorities of externally driven peace-building programmes."" - International Affairs ""All the chapters are relevant, and give the book coherence as a source of up-to-date information and knowledge on peacebuilding in Africa. Equally important is the emphasis that the chapters bring to bear on a critical reading of international peace building efforts in Africa."" - Cyril Obi - Program Director of the African Peacebuilding Network at the Social Science Research Council"
This is a fine work of collective, substantiated scholarship. Particularly praiseworthy is its list of authors. Many are extremely well known in the field and highly regarded. Many are also African scholars, which is a major contribution of its own, introducing them to a non-Africanist peace building audience and implementing a widely shared, current goal in the field of creating 'north-south' networks of scholars. - Susan Woodward - Professor, PhD Program in Political Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York What makes (Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa) particularly interesting is the emphasis on peacebuilding as a process in which local and global ideas interact: ideas that are mediated by local, national, and regional actors... This is topical and relevant, as it is becoming more and more clear that local actors may not necessarily share the objectives, strategies and priorities of externally driven peace-building programmes. - International Affairs All the chapters are relevant, and give the book coherence as a source of up-to-date information and knowledge on peacebuilding in Africa. Equally important is the emphasis that the chapters bring to bear on a critical reading of international peace building efforts in Africa. - Cyril Obi - Program Director of the African Peacebuilding Network at the Social Science Research Council
Author Information
Devon Curtis is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Emmanuel College. Her main research interests and publications deal with power-sharing and governance arrangements following conflict, African rebel movements, and critical perspectives on conflict, peace, and development. She is currently writing a book about peacebuilding in Burundi. Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa was a senior researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa. Previously, he was a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, a visiting scholar at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, and a research officer at the Centre for Defense Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He is the coeditor of Region Building in Southern Africa (2012).
