Introduction Violence, Power and Rationality: A Political Analysis of Conflict in Contemporary Africa = 1
Patrick Chabal
PART ONE EXPLAINING CONFLICT AND UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT PREVENTION IN AFRICA
1 Angola and the Theory of War = 17
Christopher Cramer
2 Ethnicity and Citizenship in Sub Saharan Africa = 35
Anna-Maria Gentili
3 Natural Resources, Scarcity and Conflict: A Perspective from Below = 55
Mirjam de Bruijn, Han van Dijk
4 Empirical Perspectives on African Conflict Resolution = 75
Klaas van Walraven
5 Area Studies, the Analysis of Conflicts and the Evaluation of Preventive Practice in Africa = 99
Andreas Mehler
PART TWO MANAGING CONFLICT AND IMPLEMENTING CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA
6 The Social Cost of Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo = 127
Theodore Trefon
7 Assessing Africa's Two-Phase Peace Implementation Process: Power-sharing and Democratization = 147
Donald Rothchild
8 Administrative Decentralization and Political Conflict in Mali = 171
Gerti Hesseling, Han van Dijk
9 Principles for Conflict Transformation: Practitioners in Africa = 193
Shamil Idriss
Conclusion Violent Conflict and Conflict Prevention in Africa: An Alternative Research Agenda = 213
Ulf Engel
List of Contributors = 235
Index 241
Patrick Chabal
PART ONE EXPLAINING CONFLICT AND UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT PREVENTION IN AFRICA
1 Angola and the Theory of War = 17
Christopher Cramer
2 Ethnicity and Citizenship in Sub Saharan Africa = 35
Anna-Maria Gentili
3 Natural Resources, Scarcity and Conflict: A Perspective from Below = 55
Mirjam de Bruijn, Han van Dijk
4 Empirical Perspectives on African Conflict Resolution = 75
Klaas van Walraven
5 Area Studies, the Analysis of Conflicts and the Evaluation of Preventive Practice in Africa = 99
Andreas Mehler
PART TWO MANAGING CONFLICT AND IMPLEMENTING CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA
6 The Social Cost of Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo = 127
Theodore Trefon
7 Assessing Africa's Two-Phase Peace Implementation Process: Power-sharing and Democratization = 147
Donald Rothchild
8 Administrative Decentralization and Political Conflict in Mali = 171
Gerti Hesseling, Han van Dijk
9 Principles for Conflict Transformation: Practitioners in Africa = 193
Shamil Idriss
Conclusion Violent Conflict and Conflict Prevention in Africa: An Alternative Research Agenda = 213
Ulf Engel
List of Contributors = 235
Index 241