War to Peace Transition: Conflict Intervention and Peacebuilding in Liberia

by Kenneth Omeje University of Johannesburg

Overview

This book explores the political history of Liberia and its descent to civil war, the regional ramifications of the war, and conflict intervention and peacekeeping efforts. It also examines the problems, challenges, and opportunities of post-war reconstruction and peacebuilding. It is comprised of various academic and policy contributions by Liberian specialists and Liberian-based scholars. The policy contributions have been crafted in part to articulate policy-relevant recommendations and strategies for the consolidation of peace to avert a recurrence of war and large-scale disruptive conflicts in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761844792
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/19/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.09(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Dr. Kenneth Omeje is a lecturer in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and a specialist in African Peace and Conflict Studies. He is the author of High Stakes and Stakeholders: Oil Conflict and Security in Nigeria and has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I—Conceptual, Historical, Regional, & International Aspects
Part 2 Chapter 1—Introduction: Discourses of the Liberian Civil War and the Imperatives of Peacebuilding
Part 3 Chapter2—The Political History of Liberia and the Civil War
Part 4 Chapter 3—Failure of Domestic Politics and Civil War in Liberia: Regional Ramifications and ECOWAS Intervention
Part 5 Chapter 4—Conflicts and Interventions in Liberia: The Local, Regional, and International Dynamics
Part 6 Part II—Empirical & Policy Aspects
Part 7 Chapter 5—Dynamics of Gender Relations in War-Time and Post-War Liberia: Implications for Public Policy
Part 8 Chapter 6—Peacebuilding and Inter-Religious Dialogue in Liberia: Reflections on the Role of the Inter-Religious Council of Liberia
Part 9 Chapter 7—Music, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Post-War Liberia
Part 10 The Role of Civil Society in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia: A Policy Approach
Part 11 An Integrated Framework for Peacebuilding, Human Rights and Development: Reflections on Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Part 12 About the Contributors
Part 13 Index

Editorial Reviews

Kenneth Omeje has produced an interesting, in-depth, well-written, and comprehensive book with highly accessible chapters that improve our understanding of the causes and effects of the Liberian War.

Jeffrey Ian Ross

This collection provides a penetrating and constructive examination of what to many people outside Africa seemed an unfathomable situation in Liberia and an overwhelming task of peacebuilding.

Peter Woodward

This collection provides a penetrating and constructive examination of what to many people outside Africa seemed an unfathomable situation in Liberia and an overwhelming task of peacebuilding.--Peter Woodward, professor of politics, University of Reading, U.K.

Kenneth Omeje has produced an interesting, in-depth, well-written, and comprehensive book with highly accessible chapters that improve our understanding of the causes and effects of the Liberian War.--Jeffrey Ian Ross, associate professor in the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Policy and fellow, Center for Comparative and I

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