Warlord democrats in Africa ex-military leaders and electoral politics
"Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often become an integral part of the new d...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Zed Books
2017.
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| Colección: | Africa now (Zed Books)
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009710535506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : warlord democrats : wartime investments, democratic runs? / Anders Themnér
- Pompier-pyromanocracy : Mbusa Nyamwisi and the DR Congo's inflammable post-settlement political order / Judith Verweijen
- Apotheosis of a warlord : Paul Kagame / Lars Waldorf
- Discourses of peace and fear : the electoral navigations of Sekou Conneh and Prince Johnson in post-war Liberia / Carrie Manning and Anders Themnér
- Afonso Dhlakama and RENAMO's return to armed conflict since 2013 : the politics of reintegration in Mozambique / Alex Vines
- From warlord to drug lord : the life of João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira / Henrik Vigh
- Shape-shifters in the struggle for survival : post-war politics in Sierra Leone / Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and Ibrahim Bangura
- Riek Machar : warlord-doctor in South Sudan / Johan Brosché and Kristine Höglund
- Conclusion : ambiguous peacelords : the diminishing returns of post-war democracy / Anders Themnér.
