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-conflic...

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