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State of rebellion : violence and intervention in the Central African Republic / Louisa Lombard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African arguments | African argumentsPublication details: London : Zed Books, 2016.Description: xv, 287 pages : illustration, map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781783608850
  • 1783608854
  • 9781783608843
  • 1783608846
Other title:
  • Violence and intervention in the Central African Republic
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 967.41 23
LOC classification:
  • DT546.35 .L66 2016
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Contents:
Conflict and the state in the peace-kept world -- The nativeness of 'foreign' violence -- Mobility as power -- Long and short histories of rebellion -- DDR and the frustration of desires for entitlement -- War as the violence of the pack -- World champion of peacekeeping.
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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"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.

Conflict and the state in the peace-kept world -- The nativeness of 'foreign' violence -- Mobility as power -- Long and short histories of rebellion -- DDR and the frustration of desires for entitlement -- War as the violence of the pack -- World champion of peacekeeping.

"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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