Security Dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes Region
Gilbert M. Khadiagala, editor | | ISBN: 978-1-58826-419-0 $52.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-444-2 $22.00 |
2006/231 pages/LC: 2006002391
A project of the International Peace Institute |
DESCRIPTION
The site of genocide in Rwanda, recurrent cycles of communal massacre, deepening poverty, state fragmentation, and massive displacement of civilians, is Africa's Great Lakes region finally moving away from decades of decay and destruction, or is it fated to remain mired in interminable strife? The authors of Security Dynamics in Africa's Great Lakes Region explore the sources of conflict in the region, as well as local and international attempts to rebuild political authority and reduce the scale of human suffering.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gilbert M. Khadiagala is Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations at the University of Witswatersand. His numerous publications include Allies in Adversity: The Frontline States in Southern Africa and Security, Sudan: The Elusive Quest for Peace (with Ruth Iyob).
CONTENTS
- Toward Peace, Security, and Governance in the Great Lakes Region—G.M. Khadiagala.
- REGIONAL ACTORS AND ISSUES.
- Governance and Security in Rwanda—F. Reyntjens.
- Burundi at a Crossroads—R. Lemarchand.
- Congo in the Great Lakes Conflict—M. Baregu.
- Nonstate Actors and Governance in Uganda—A. Ndinga-Muvumba.
- The Economic Dimensions of Conflict in the Region—G. Prunier.
- THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL ACTORS.
- South Africa—C. Landsberg.
- The United Nations—A. Adebajo.
- Belgium, France, and the United States—P.J. Schraeder.
- CONCLUSION.
- Building Security for Peoples, Societies, and States—G.M. Khadiagala.
"An important contribution to work on an area where there is distressingly too little study."—John F. Clark, African Studies Review
"An excellent introduction to what some observers have called Africa's first world war."—Andreas Mehler, Foreign Affairs