Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa: The Logic of the Coup-Civil War Trap

ISBN-13: 9781107176072 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 418 str.

Philip Roessler

Opis

This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war.

Recenzje

'Roessler's work makes important contributions to scholarship in comparative politics and security studies. By placing ethnic politics and the shadow of coups at the core of rulers' strategies for political survival in Africa, the book adds significant depth to our understanding of African politics. Its focus on the importance of rulers' bargaining over state power as a source of conflict also complements existing explanations of civil war that disproportionately emphasize the role of rebel behaviour.' Juste Codjo, International Studies Review

Spis treści

Part I. Motivation and Central Argument: 1. Introduction; Part II. Puzzle and Theory: 2. A meso-level approach to the study of civil war; 3. Theories of ethno-political exclusion; 4. The strategic logic of war in Africa; Part III. Theory-Building Case Study: 5. Political networks, brokerage and cooperative counterinsurgency: civil war averted in Darfur; 6. The strategic logic of ethno-political exclusion: the breakdown of Sudan's Islamic movement; 7. Political exclusion and civil war: the outbreak of the Darfur civil war; Part IV. Testing the Argument: 8. Empirical analysis of the coup-civil war trap; 9. A model-testing case: explaining Africa's Great War; Part V. Extensions: 10: The strategic logic of peace in Africa; 11. Conclusion.