State of rebellion : violence and intervention in the Central African Republic /
"In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard sh...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
Zed Books,
2016.
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| Series: | African arguments.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far - that the violence has been due to a religious divide, or politicians' manipulations, or profiteering. Instead, she shows that conflict has long been useful to Central African politics, a tendency that has been exacerbated by the international community's method of engagement with so-called fragile states. Furthermore, changing this state of affairs will require rethinking the relationships of all those present - rebel groups and politicians, as well as international interveners and diplomats. An urgent insight into this little-understood country and the problems with peacebuilding more broadly."--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : 1 map. Also published in printing. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350222786 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350222786 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers. |