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Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution in West Africa: From ECOMOG to ECOMIL
John M. Kabia
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Description for Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution in West Africa: From ECOMOG to ECOMIL
Hardback. By using the empirical case of ECOWAS, this book examines the challenges posed by complex political emergencies (CPEs) to humanitarian intervention. It traces the evolution of ECOWAS from an economic integration project to that of a security organisation and examines the challenges inherent in such a transition. Num Pages: 234 pages, includes 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTJ; LBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 580.
The end of the Cold War has been characterized by a wave of violent civil wars that have produced unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and suffering. Although mostly intra-state, these conflicts have spread across borders and threatened international peace and security. One of the worst affected regions is West Africa which has been home to some of Africa's most brutal and intractable conflicts for more than a decade. This volume locates the peacekeeping operations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) within an expanded post-Cold War conceptualization of humanitarian intervention. It examines the organization's capacity to protect civilians at ... Read more
The end of the Cold War has been characterized by a wave of violent civil wars that have produced unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and suffering. Although mostly intra-state, these conflicts have spread across borders and threatened international peace and security. One of the worst affected regions is West Africa which has been home to some of Africa's most brutal and intractable conflicts for more than a decade. This volume locates the peacekeeping operations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) within an expanded post-Cold War conceptualization of humanitarian intervention. It examines the organization's capacity to protect civilians at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754674443
SKU
V9780754674443
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About John M. Kabia
John M. Kabia, Programme Worker - Survivors for Peace, The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, UK.
Reviews for Humanitarian Intervention and Conflict Resolution in West Africa: From ECOMOG to ECOMIL
'A timely, revisionist, regionalist monograph which contributes to several overlapping discourses: from peacekeeping and complex political emergencies to fragile states and African international relations. Kabia advances post-bipolar periodisations to explain problematic divisions of labour and elusive liberal peace. He transcends the dichotomous greed versus grievance and resource or ethnic war divides. Essential, cautionary reading for anyone contemplating investing in West ... Read more