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1 online resource |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies
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| Contents |
Introduction: conflict and peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje and Tricia Redeker Hepner -- Understanding the diversity and complexity of conflict in the African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje -- The history and politics of regionalism and integration in East Africa / Hannington Ochwada -- Multipolar politics and regional integration in East Africa: opportunities and challenges for non-state actors / Doreen Alusa -- Historical dynamics of northern Uganda conflict: a longitudinal struggle for nation-building / Elias Omondi Opongo -- Kofi Annan's conflict resolution model and peacebuilding in Kenya / Alfred Anangwe -- Justice versus reconciliation: the dilemmas of transitional justice in Kenya / Ozonnia Ojielo -- Climate change and peacebuilding among pastoralist communities in northeastern Uganda and western Kenya / Julaina A. Obika and Harriet K. Bibangambah -- Media sustainability in a post-conflict environment: radio broadcasting in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda / Marie-Soleil Frère -- Youth in transition: the arts and cultural resonance in post-conflict northern Uganda / Lindsay M. McClain and Tricia Redeker Hepner -- Gender issues in reintegration: a feminist and rights-based analysis of the experiences of formerly abducted child mothers in northern Uganda / Eric Awich Ochen -- "The ambivalence of the sacred": Christianity, genocide and reconciliation in Rwanda / Janine Natalya Clark |
| Summary |
Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, and ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African Great Lakes Region (primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi) has been overwhelmingly defined by conflict. An international group of scholars, including many from the Great Lakes region, turn their focus to the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace. These essays present a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peacebuilding. Taken together, the essays illustrate that no single perspective or approach can adequately capture the dynamics of conflict or offer successful strategies for sustainable peace in the region |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Peace-building -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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Peace-building -- Africa, East
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Postwar reconstruction -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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Postwar reconstruction -- Africa, East
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Conflict management -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
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Conflict management -- Africa, East
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Conflict management
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Peace-building
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Postwar reconstruction
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Africa, East
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Africa -- Great Lakes Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Omeje, Kenneth C
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Redeker Hepner, Tricia M
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| LC no. |
2013002204 |
| ISBN |
0253008484 |
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9780253008480 |
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1299652247 |
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9781299652248 |
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