Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development in Africa : Concepts, role-players, policy and practice

• Author: Neethling, Theo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hudson, Heidi.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Some of the bloodiest conflicts occurred on the African continent. An Afrocentric perspective is therefore a suitable starting point for research into the possible strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding.The authors of this book consider the problems around the concept of ""post-conflict"" and the blurring of military and civilian roles, analyzing the UN roles in the DRC and Sierra Leone, as well as the African Union Mission in Burundi. The main context of the book, however, is the South African Army's strategy for PCRD in Africa, which has been developed with the African Union's 2006 Post-

Table of Contents

Front cover; Title page; Imprint page; Table of contents; About the contributors; Foreword; List of acronyms; Introduction: A Changing Global Strategic Environment - What is new?; Background to the origin and timing of the book; Core assumptions and claims; Purpose of the book and key themes; Actors, interactions and contestations; Foundations matter and norms have consequences; Dynamics of the policy-practice nexus; Structure of the book; Bibliography; Part I: Conceptual Roots; Chapter 1: Political, Civilian and Military Dimensions of PCRD; Introduction; The political dimension of PCRD

The civilian dimension of PCRDThe military dimension of PCRD; Implications for the SA Army; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Looking In or Transforming Up: Conceptual Dilemmas of Liberal Peacebuilding and PCRD; Introduction; Concepts in historical context; Mainstream and critical approaches to the governance of a liberal peace; Dilemma 1: Statebuilding and elections - the silver bullet of problem-solving?; Dilemma 2: 'Taking links for granted' - exposing the pitfalls of the security-development nexus; Dilemma 3: The limits of local ownership within a liberal frame; Conclusion

BibliographyChapter 3: PCRD in Historical Perspective: International Approaches and Experiences; Introduction; The international aspects in PCRD; Cold War PCRD; Democratic PCRD; Communist PCRD; Comparative observations; The peacebuilding era; External critique: peacebuilding programmes are wrong in principle; Internal critique: peacebuilding programmes are a good idea but wrong in practice; The PCRD era; Continuities; Differences; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The Ethics Question: Towards a Normative Framework for PCRD; Introduction; Just war theory: jus post bellum

Just war theory: humanitarian interventionDevelopment ethics: the capabilities approach; African ethics: ubuntu; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Developmental Peace Missions: The South African Conceptual Approach; Introduction; Background; Between peacekeeping and peacebuilding: the reconstruction gap; The concept of DPMs: assumptions and implementation challenges; The South African government and the concept of DPMs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II: Role-Players in context; Chapter 6: The African Union's Partnerships: Symbiotic Coordination as a Policy Instrument; Introduction

The rationale for post-conflict reconstruction processesContextualising symbiotic coordination and post-conflict reconstruction initiatives; The AU PCRD policy framework: an appeal to coordination; The AU's attempt at post-conflict peacebuilding in Burundi; The case for symbiotic coordination in AU PCRD policy implementation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Building Capacity from Above and Below: Why Gender Matters in the Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Contexts; Introduction; Fuelling gender inequality from above; Mitigating the effects of gender inequality

Recognising the (contested) value of women peacekeepers