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1 online resource |
| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Intricacy of Intervention; Who Intervenes and How Effective Are They?; Relationships and Interventions: Colonial History; Research Design; Why Not Regression?; Blueprint of the Book; Practical Implications; Note; References; Chapter 2: Legibility and Friction: Operating in Post-colonial Africa; Legibility and Post-colonial Africa; Structural; Cultural; Pathways to Intervention Success; Friction; Goal Creation; Intervention Outcomes and Intervention Success; Summary; Notes; References |
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Chapter 3: Applying Multi-method Design to Post-colonial AfricaQualitative Comparative Analysis; QCA Datasets; Intervention Outcome; Crisp-Set QCA; Conditions; Fuzzy-Set QCA; Conditions; Comparative Case Studies; Case Selection; Case Study Data; Notes; References; Chapter 4: QCA: Intervention in Africa Since 1960; Part 1: Qualitative Comparative Analysis; csQCA-All Interventions; Resolving Contradictions; Reduced Solutions; FsQCA-Colonial Power Interventions; Calibration; Data Analysis; fsQCA Model; Cultural; Institutional; Part 2: QCA Summary Discussion; Notes; References |
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Chapter 5: Intervention GoalsSierra Leone; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-First Intervention; Goals; Language and Executive; Côte d'Ivoire-Second Intervention; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Mali; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Connecting Goals to Outcomes; Testing Realizable Goals and Their Relation to Outcomes; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Operational Friction; Sierra Leone; Institutions and Operations; Language; Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-First Intervention; Language; Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-Second Intervention; Language |
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Executive RelationsMali; Institutions and Operations; Language; Executive Relations; Connecting Operations to Outcomes; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion; QCA Results; Language; Goals; Operations; Future Research; Policy Applications; Notes; References; Appendix A: Simplifying Assumptions for Boolean Minimization of csQCA; Sources for QCA Coding by Case ; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the impact and efficiency of Western intervention in African civil wars. Emphasizing the relational conditions to the study of interventions, it posits the importance of historical, institutional relationships not just in the decision to intervene but also in the process of intervention and its outcome. Drawing from case studies of American and European intervention in Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali, the author applies a multi-method research design to identify the role colonial legacy plays in shaping the success of interventions. Her analysis concludes that the relational context of interventions helps determine the likelihood of success and that not all states are appropriately equipped to intervene in all civil wars, which is not simply a function of defense spending on materials. This book thus speaks to both academics and policy-makers specializing in conflict resolution and conflict dynamics in modern African civil wars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 31, 2017) |
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Civil war -- Africa
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Intervention (International law)
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Comparative politics.
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Warfare & defence.
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Terrorism, armed struggle.
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Peace studies & conflict resolution.
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International relations.
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Politics & government.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Civil war
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Intervention (International law)
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Politics and government
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319449838 |
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3319449834 |
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