African democracy and development : challenges for post-conflict African nations / edited by Cassandra R. Veney and Dick Simpson.
| Author/creator | Development and Democracy in Post-Conflict African Nations |
| Other author | Veney, Cassandra Rachel, 1959- |
| Other author | Simpson, Dick, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham [Md.] : Lexington Books, ©2013. |
| Description | vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Cassandra R. Veney -- No justice, no peace : the elusive search for justice and reconciliation in Sierra Leone / Sylvia Macauley -- The role of ex-combatants in Mozambique / Jessica Schafer -- Memory controversies in post-genocide Rwanda : implications for peacebuilding / Elisabeth King -- Land reform, social justice, and reconstruction : challenges for post-genocide Rwanda / Helen Hintjens -- Elections as a stress test of democratization in societies : a comparison of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo / John Yoder -- Partners or adversaries? : NGOs and the state in postwar Sierra Leone / Fredline A.O. M'Cormack-Hale -- Chieftancy and reconstruction in Sierra Leone / Arthur Abraham -- The role of African diasporas in reconstruction / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- The role of the African Union in reconstruction in Africa / Thomas Kwasi Tieku -- Governance challenges in Sierra Leone / Osman Gbla -- Challenges of governance reform in Liberia / Amos Sawyer -- Achieving development and democracy / Dick Simpson. |
| General note | "The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois at Chicago"--Introduction. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2012029673 |
| ISBN | 9780739175491 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739175491 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739175507 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0739175505 (electronic) |
| Standard identifier# | 40021587689 |