Overview
Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. When the State Fails rectifies this, providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of the intervention. The civil war in Sierra Leone began in 1991 and was declared officially over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. Some claimed it as a case of successful humanitarian intervention. The authors in this collection provide an informed analysis of the impact of the intervention on democracy, development and society in Sierra Leone. The authors take a particularly critical view of the imposition of neoliberalism after the conflict. As NATO intervention in Libya shows the continued use of external force in internal conflicts, When the State Fails is a timely book for all students and scholars interested in Africa and the question of 'humanitarian intervention'.
Full Product Details
Author: Tunde Zack-Williams (University of Central Lancashire)
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.367kg
ISBN: 9780745332208
ISBN 10: 074533220
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 December 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This work fills a very important niche in our perception of the era of the civil war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath. Policy makers, those interested in development studies and scholars in general should pay keen attention to it. -- Magbaily Fyle, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University This volume by Sierra Leonean academics offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building. -- Yusuf Bangura, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
This volume by Sierra Leonean academics offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building. -- Yusuf Bangura, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development This work fills a very important niche in our perception of the era of the civil war in Sierra Leone and its aftermath. Policy makers, those interested in development studies and scholars in general should pay keen attention to it. -- Magbaily Fyle, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University
Author Information
Tunde Zack-Williams is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire. He was President of the UK African Studies Association from 2006 to 2008. He is the author of When the State Fails: Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War (Pluto, 2011), The Quest for Sustainable Peace: The 2007 Sierra Leone Elections (2008), co-editor of Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities (Pluto, 2002) and African Mosaic: Political, Social, Economic and Technological Development in the New Millennium (2009). He is a handling editor of the Review of African Political Economy and a member of the Africa Panel of the British Academy.
