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Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020

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ISBN 9783030466367 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9783030466350

Print version: McNamee, Terence The State of Peacebuilding in Africa Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2020 ISBN 9783030466350

An Economic Peace to Begin All Peace -- Dividends of the Economic Reconstruction Program -- Lessons from the Economic Reconstruction Program -- Economic Development and Peacebuilding in Africa -- Inaction in Guinea-Bissau -- Cote d’Ivoire-A Success Story -- Bleak Outlook for Libya and the Sahel -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 4 Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- The Past 30 Years: An Overview of Major Developments in Religious Peacebuilding in Africa -- Religious Diplomacy -- Islamic Social and Humanitarian Services -- Inter-faith Peacebuilding Initiatives and Education for Peace -- Case Studies, Key Issues, and Lessons Learned -- Cote d’Ivoire -- The Central African Republic -- Religious Pluralism as a Challenge to Peaceful Coexistence -- Forms of Intolerance -- Muslim Peacebuilding -- Key Recommendations ---

5 Field Reflections on Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Social Imperatives of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration -- Introduction.

An Economic Peace to Begin All Peace -- Dividends of the Economic Reconstruction Program -- Lessons from the Economic Reconstruction Program -- Economic Development and Peacebuilding in Africa -- Inaction in Guinea-Bissau -- Cote d’Ivoire-A Success Story -- Bleak Outlook for Libya and the Sahel -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 4 Religion and Peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- The Past 30 Years: An Overview of Major Developments in Religious Peacebuilding in Africa -- Religious Diplomacy -- Islamic Social and Humanitarian Services -- Inter-faith Peacebuilding Initiatives and Education for Peace -- Case Studies, Key Issues, and Lessons Learned -- Cote d’Ivoire -- The Central African Republic -- Religious Pluralism as a Challenge to Peaceful Coexistence -- Forms of Intolerance -- Muslim Peacebuilding -- Key Recommendations ---

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Peacebuilding in Transition -- 1 Introduction -- The State of Peacebuilding in Africa -- Key Issues and Themes in Peacebuilding in Africa -- Organization of the Book -- 2 Learning Lessons from Peace Operations in Africa -- Introduction -- Trends in Peace Operations in Africa -- Record Levels -- Wide-Ranging Mandates -- Protecting Civilians -- Using Force -- Partnership Peacekeeping -- Lessons Identified from Peace Operations in Africa -- The Primacy of Politics -- Ends and Means in Tune -- Effective Force Generation -- Ensure Accountability -- Key Recommendations -- 3 The Economics of Peacebuilding: International Organizations for Dealing with Victor and Vanquished -- Introduction -- The Treaty of Versailles-An Ambiguous Peace ---

11 Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) -- Introduction -- Overview of the Post-Cold War Security Context of Africa.

Evolution of International Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Background to the Conflicts -- Peace Accords: Ending the Second Congo War (1998-2003) -- Politics Below the Surface -- Power Sharing and National Elections: The DRC’s Transitional Government (2003-2006) -- Politics Below the Surface -- Evolution of UN Peacebuilding (2006-2017): "Restoring State Authority" -- Politics Below the Surface -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 18 Violence, Peacebuilding, and Elite Bargains in Mozambique Since Independence -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- The Post-independence Civil War -- Failed Attempts to End the War -- The Rome General Peace Accord -- Learning from the Past for Future Peacebuilding -- RENAMO’s Electoral Fortunes -- The 2019 Peace Accords -- Importance of Decentralization for Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations ---

Introduction -- Catalyzing Women, Peace, and Security through UN Peace Operations in Africa -- Evolution of Women, Peace, and Security in Peacekeeping -- Intersection with Continental, Regional, and Domestic Approaches -- Furthering Women, Peace and Security Through UN Peacekeeping Missions: Case Studies -- Liberia: Lessons from Integrating Gender and Transitions -- South Sudan: Navigating Politics and Protection Concerns -- Conclusions -- Key Recommendations -- 8 Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Evolution of Local Peace Committees as Mechanisms for Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa -- Emergence of Local Peace Committees in Africa as Self-Help Community Initiatives -- Toward the Formalization of Local Peace Committees in Africa -- The Ascendancy of NGO-Sponsored Local Peace Committees ---

Madagascar -- Lesotho -- The Potential Contribution of the Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework to SADC Mediation -- Key Recommendations -- 14 The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Domestic Amnesties -- Domestic Amnesties in Uganda -- Domestic Amnesties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Peace Negotiations -- Peace Negotiations in Uganda -- Peace Negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 15 Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary? -- Introduction -- Origins of Humanitarian Action -- Mandate Shift in Africa -- The Humanitarian Bind -- South Sudan -- The Central African Republic -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Mali -- Key Recommendations -- 16 Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner’s Perspective ---

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration -- Case Studies: Uganda and Burundi -- Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme -- The Structural Challenges with the  Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme -- Reintegration of Burundi’s Child Soldiers -- Key Recommendations -- 6 United Nations Peacekeeping, Human Rights, and the Protection of Civilians -- The Basis of the Mandate -- The Normative and Institutional Framework -- Implementation and Track Record -- Lessons and Challenges -- Uncertain Political Commitment and Support -- Conceptual Ambiguity -- Compatibility with the Original Idea of Peacekeeping -- Finding the Right Balance Among the Tools -- Enforcing the Primary Responsibility of the Host State -- Key Recommendations -- Part II Strategies and Tools -- 7 Sustaining the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Africa ---

Sierra Leone’s Peacebuilding Challenges.

The African Peace and Security Architecture: Early Warning and Conflict Prevention -- WANEP’s Early Warning Contributions to Peace and Security in West Africa -- Key Recommendations -- Part III Regional and International Dimensions of Peacebuilding -- 12 The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Understanding Peacebuilding -- African Initiatives Toward Peacebuilding: From the OAU to the AU -- Peacebuilding Before the African Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy -- The Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy -- Key Recommendations -- 13 Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Transformation -- Introduction -- Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework and Mediation -- SADC’s Policy and Institutional Framework for Mediation -- Trends in SADC Mediation in Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Madagascar -- Zimbabwe ---

11 Contributions of Early Warning to the African Peace and Security Architecture: The Experience of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) -- Introduction -- Overview of the Post-Cold War Security Context of Africa.

19 The Dog That Did Not Bark: Why Has Sierra Leone Not Returned to War After Peacekeepers Left? -- Introduction1.

Evolution of International Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Background to the Conflicts -- Peace Accords: Ending the Second Congo War (1998-2003) -- Politics Below the Surface -- Power Sharing and National Elections: The DRC’s Transitional Government (2003-2006) -- Politics Below the Surface -- Evolution of UN Peacebuilding (2006-2017): "Restoring State Authority" -- Politics Below the Surface -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 18 Violence, Peacebuilding, and Elite Bargains in Mozambique Since Independence -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- The Post-independence Civil War -- Failed Attempts to End the War -- The Rome General Peace Accord -- Learning from the Past for Future Peacebuilding -- RENAMO’s Electoral Fortunes -- The 2019 Peace Accords -- Importance of Decentralization for Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations ---

From Combatant-Focused to Community-Based Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration -- Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: The Achilles Heel, and the Iron Rules -- The Achilles Heel: The Challenge of Incomplete Reintegration -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations: Three Iron Rules -- 10 The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding -- Introduction -- Elections and Peacebuilding -- Three Decades of Elections in Africa: What Do We Know About Their Impact on Peacebuilding? -- Winner-Takes-All Politics -- Sequencing and Timing -- Challenges and Emerging Threats to Election Peace in Africa -- Technology and Elections -- Litigating Election Results -- Abusing Presidential Term Limits -- Increasing Cost of Financing Elections and Elective Politics -- Key Recommendations ---

Introduction -- Catalyzing Women, Peace, and Security through UN Peace Operations in Africa -- Evolution of Women, Peace, and Security in Peacekeeping -- Intersection with Continental, Regional, and Domestic Approaches -- Furthering Women, Peace and Security Through UN Peacekeeping Missions: Case Studies -- Liberia: Lessons from Integrating Gender and Transitions -- South Sudan: Navigating Politics and Protection Concerns -- Conclusions -- Key Recommendations -- 8 Local Peace Committees and Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Evolution of Local Peace Committees as Mechanisms for Grassroots Peacebuilding in Africa -- Emergence of Local Peace Committees in Africa as Self-Help Community Initiatives -- Toward the Formalization of Local Peace Committees in Africa -- The Ascendancy of NGO-Sponsored Local Peace Committees ---

Introduction -- Cyprus and Myanmar-Lessons for Africa? -- Darfur/Sudan -- Key Challenges.

Madagascar -- Lesotho -- The Potential Contribution of the Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework to SADC Mediation -- Key Recommendations -- 14 The International Criminal Court’s Impact on Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Domestic Amnesties -- Domestic Amnesties in Uganda -- Domestic Amnesties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Peace Negotiations -- Peace Negotiations in Uganda -- Peace Negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 15 Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding: Incompatible or Complementary? -- Introduction -- Origins of Humanitarian Action -- Mandate Shift in Africa -- The Humanitarian Bind -- South Sudan -- The Central African Republic -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Mali -- Key Recommendations -- 16 Peace Management and Conflict Resolution: A Practitioner’s Perspective ---

Three Decades of Local Peace Committees: Key Issues and Lessons Learned -- To Formalize or Not to Formalize?.

Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration -- Case Studies: Uganda and Burundi -- Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme -- The Structural Challenges with the  Uganda Veteran Assistance Programme -- Reintegration of Burundi’s Child Soldiers -- Key Recommendations -- 6 United Nations Peacekeeping, Human Rights, and the Protection of Civilians -- The Basis of the Mandate -- The Normative and Institutional Framework -- Implementation and Track Record -- Lessons and Challenges -- Uncertain Political Commitment and Support -- Conceptual Ambiguity -- Compatibility with the Original Idea of Peacekeeping -- Finding the Right Balance Among the Tools -- Enforcing the Primary Responsibility of the Host State -- Key Recommendations -- Part II Strategies and Tools -- 7 Sustaining the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: The Role of UN Peacekeeping in Africa ---

Relationship with Formal Institutions and Processes of the State -- Scope of Local Peace Committee Intervention -- Local Peace Committees as Sites for Social Contestation and Normative Contradictions -- Funding and External Support -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- 9 Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead -- Introduction -- Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: Contexts and Contents -- Thirty Years of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Africa: Issues, Trends and Lessons Learned -- Africa, a Major Host of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Programs -- Africa as a "Living Laboratory"23 for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ---

Striking a Balance Between Peace and Justice, Including Strengthening Relations Between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court -- Factoring Implementation Agreements into Mediation Efforts -- Ensuring Strong Women’s Participation in Conflict Resolution -- Managing Spoilers Through Innovative Approaches: Inducements, Socializations, Coercion, and Leverage -- The Inducement or Carrots Strategy -- The Socialization Strategy -- Coercion or Stick Strategy -- Exercising Leverage -- Promoting Cohesion among Mediators and Good Offices through Support for a Unified Mediator -- Relations with NGOs and Civil Society Groups -- Conclusion -- Key Recommendations -- Part IV Country-Case Studies -- 17 Peacebuilding as State Building? Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Introduction -- The Shift in International Peacebuilding Toward State-Building ---

The African Peace and Security Architecture: Early Warning and Conflict Prevention -- WANEP’s Early Warning Contributions to Peace and Security in West Africa -- Key Recommendations -- Part III Regional and International Dimensions of Peacebuilding -- 12 The African Union in Peacebuilding in Africa -- Introduction -- Understanding Peacebuilding -- African Initiatives Toward Peacebuilding: From the OAU to the AU -- Peacebuilding Before the African Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) Policy -- The Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy -- Key Recommendations -- 13 Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Transformation -- Introduction -- Systemic Conflict Transformation Framework and Mediation -- SADC’s Policy and Institutional Framework for Mediation -- Trends in SADC Mediation in Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Madagascar -- Zimbabwe ---

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