Description

Africa today suffers from too much political unrest and violent conflict. The contributors to this edited collection recognize a missing link in efforts to foster democracy, and with it political stability and peace, in Africa's developing countries: Democracy can be sustained only where effective means for resolving citizens' disputes exist both within and outside the formal legal system. The writers whose articles appear here-scholars, practitioners, and peace advocates-present their varied knowledge of conflict and war in Africa and strategies for introducing and implementing mediation, from Sierra Leone to South Africa. This volume is a model exchange of insights and ideas in the important field of conflict resolution as applied to Africa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Conflict Resolution and Peace Education in Africa: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Conflict Resolution and Peace Education in Africa: Lessons and Opportunities
Chapter 3 An Elusive Quest? Structural Analysis of Conflicts and Peace in Africa
Chapter 4 The Economic Impact of Africa's Conflicts
Chapter 5 Educated in War: The Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Chapter 6 Safe Schools: Violence and the Struggle for Peace and Democracy in South African Education
Chapter 7 Igbo Women and the Tradition of Peace: The Dynamics of Change and Continuity
Chapter 8 A Critical Perspective of U.S. Policy in the Central African Region: The Case for an Early Conflict Warning System
Chapter 9 Teaching and Learning about Human Rights in Post-Conflict Angola
Chapter 10 Toward a Framework for a Model of Peace Education in Nigeria
Chapter 11 Peaceful Conflict Resolution: A Prerequisite for Social Reconstruction in Burundi, Africa
Chapter 12 Managing Political and Ethnic Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Product details

Published Jul 29 2003
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 194
ISBN 9780739106693
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 241 x 162 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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