Exploring Peace Formation: Security and Justice in Post-Colonial States

ISBN-13: 9780367457723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 254 str.

Kwesi Aning; M. Anne Brown; Volker Boege

Opis

This volume examines the dynamics of socio-political order in post-colonial states across the Pacific Islands region and West Africa in order to elaborate on the processes and practices of peace formation.

Spis treści

Part I: Concepts and Thematic Treatments  1. Introduction: Seeking Peace in West Africa and Oceania – New Directions, M. Anne Brown and Kwesi Aning  2. Challenging Conventional Understandings of Statehood: West African Realities, Kwesi Aning and Festus Aubyn  3. Working with ‘Illiberal’ Sources of Peace and Order – Talking About Human Rights, M. Anne Brown  4. What to Do with Informal Security and Justice: The Dilemma for African States, Bruce Baker  5.Relational Perspectives on Peace Formation: Symbiosis and the Provision of Security and Justice. Charles T. Hunt  6.Gender and Hybridity: Exploring the Contributions of Women in Hybrid Political Orders in West Africa, Nancy Annan  Part II: Case Studies in West Africa and Oceania  7. Hybridity and Expressions of Power, Legitimacy, Justice and Security Provision in Ghana, Kwesi Aning, Nancy Annan and Fiifi Edu-Afful  8. Understanding and Explaining Hybridity in Liberia, Thomas Jaye  9. How Hybridity Happens: Unpacking Plural Security and Justice Provision in Sierra Leone, Lisa Denney  10. The International-Local Interface in Peacebuilding: The Case of Bougainville, Volker Boege  11. Customary Conflict Resolution in a State Environment: Cases from Vanuatu, Volker Boege and Miranda Forsyth  12. The Hybridisation of Peace, Security and Justice: Cases from West Africa and Oceania, Volker Boege  13. Peace Formation in Heterogeneous States: Concluding Thoughts, M. Anne Brown and Kwesi Aning