Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region

Name: Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region
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ISBN: 9780253008428

ISBN-10: 0253008425

ISBN-13: 9780253008428

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, Alfred Anangwe, Janine N. Clark, Harriet K. Bibangambah

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Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, 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. Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, and an international group of scholars, many from theGreat Lakes region, focus on the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace in this multidisciplinary volume. 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…

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List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Tricia Redeker Hepner teaches anthropology at the University of Tennessee.



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


List of Foreign Terms


Introduction: Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region




The Great Lakes Region: Challenges of the Past and Present



Understanding the Diversity and Complexity of Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region




The History and Politics of Regionalism and Integration in East Africa




Multipolar Politics and Regional Integration in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Nonstate Actors




Case Studies of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes



Historical Dynamics of the Northern Uganda Conflict: A Longitudinal Struggle for Nation Building




Kofi Annan's Conflict Resolution Model and Peacebuilding in Kenya




Justice versus Reconciliation: The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in Kenya




Climate Change and Peacebuilding among Pastoralist Communities in Northeastern Uganda and Western Kenya




Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes



Media Sustainability in a Postconflict Environment: Radio Broadcasting in the DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda




Youth in Transition: The Arts and Cultural Resonance in Postconflict Northern Uganda




Gender Issues in Reintegration: A Feminist and Rights-Based Analysis of the Experiences of Formerly Abducted Child-Mothers in Northern Uganda




The "Ambivalence of the Sacred": Christianity, Genocide, and Reconciliation in Rwanda



Index


List of Contributors