Author: Christopher S. ClaphamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Sierra Leone
Author: Christopher S. ClaphamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Political Economy of Internal Conflict in Sierra Leone
Author: Paul RichardsThe Political Economy of Internal Conflict in Sierra Leone
Author: Paul RichardsThe Political Economy of Internal Conflict
Author: Pyt S. DoumaPublisher:
ISBN: 9789050310871
Category : Angola
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Political Economy of Internal Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Angola, Colombia, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka
Author: P.S. DoumaThe Political Economy of Armed Conflict
Author: Karen BallentinePublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588261724
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Globalization, suggest the authors of this collection, is creating new opportunities - some legal, some illicit - for armed factions to pursue their agendas in civil war. Within this context, they analyze the key dynamics of war economies and the challenges posed for conflict resolution and sustainable peace. Thematic chapters consider key issues in the political economy of internal wars, as well as how differing types of resource dependency influence the scope, character, and duration of conflicts. Case studies of Burma, Colombia, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka illustrate a range of ways in which belligerents make use of global markets and the transnational flow of resources. An underlying theme is the opportunities available to the international community to alter the economic incentive structure that inadvertently supports armed conflict.
The Politics of Economic Regionalism
Author: David J FrancisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351807684
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This title was first published in 2001: The primary objective of this book is to provide an analytical understanding of the nature, dynamics and complexity of the politics of economic regionalism through the prism of Sierra Leone in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book also discusses the following issues: the evolution of economic regionalism in West Africa and the conceptual framework for analysis; the expansion of the economic regionalism; developments within the West Africa sub-region with that of the transformation of the global economy and international political system; political, economic and security developments within ECOWAS; and the civil war in Sierra Leone.
Extractive Economies and Conflicts in the Global South
Author: Kenneth OmejePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351158384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The majority of developing countries in the Global South are evidently rich in natural resources, but paradoxically blighted by excruciating poverty and conflicts. This paradox of deprivation and war in the midst of plenteous resources has been the subject of great debate in international political economy in contemporary history. This book contributes to the debate by examining the underlying structures, actors and contexts of rentier politics and how they often produce and aggravate conflicts in the various extractive economies and regions of the Global South. The book critically explores the theories of rentier economies and natural resource conflicts, as well as the practical ramifications of rentier politics in the Global South with all their resonance for political economy and security in the Global North.
From the Pit to the Market
Author: Diane FrostPublisher: James Currey Limited
ISBN: 9781847010605
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Argues that corporate neo-colonialism in the diamond trade of Sierra Leone has served to restrict its social and economic growth, excluding and marginalizing it from the club of wealthier nations, and causing it to continue to rely on international aid.
Governance and Crisis in the State in Africa
Author: John Emeka AkudePublisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Governance and Crisis of the State in Africa explores the problems and challenges of disruptive conflicts and conflict management in West Africa. Based on a robust analysis of a large stock of theoretical and empirical studies on the nature of the state in Africa and the incidents of state failure, fragmentation and collapse, the author argues that a major explanation of state weakness in Africa is the lack of the imperatives of good governance - itself rooted in the trajectory of the emergence of these states. Using the recent internal wars and ongoing conflicts in some West African states such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau and Cote d'Ivoire as case studies, the author explains how the use of inappropriate methods of conflict management exacerbates these conflicts and the crisis of the nation-state in Africa. ________________ John Emeka Akude holds a PhD in political science from the University of Cologne, Germany where he teaches African Politics, Politics of Development and International Political Economy. His research interests include political economy, the state and economic development, conflict studies, state collapse and war economies as well as the transformation of political order. His publications include "Krisen und Krisenmanagement in Afrika", Zwischen Wunschdenken und Ohnmacht: Der Anspruch der Afrikanischen Union auf Konfliktmanagement in Afrika", "Bad Governance and State Collapse in Africa" as well as "Weak States and Security Threats in West Africa". He is a member of the Working Group on the Transformation of Political Order at the Chair of International Relations, University of Cologne, Germany.