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PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY A fresh analysis of the
post-colonial war in Mozambique that contributes to debates about
conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers
insights into the nature of contemporary politics and the current
conflict. The 1976-1992 civil war which opposed the Government of
Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central
event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of
studies of the war, this book re-evaluates this period from a
number of different local perspectives in an attempt to better
understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the
armed conflict. Focusing at local level on either a province or a
single village, the authors analyse the conflict as a "total social
phenomena" involving all elements of society and impacting on every
aspect of life across the country. The chapters examine Frelimo and
Renamo as well as private, popular and state militias, the Catholic
Church, NGOs and traders. Drawing on previously unexamined sources
such as local and provincial state archives, religious archives,
the guerrilla's own documentation and interviews, the authors
uncoveralternative dimensions of the civil war. The book thus
enables a deeper understanding of the conflict and its actors as
well as offering an explanatory framework for understanding
peacemaking, the nature of contemporary politics,and the current
conflict in the country. Eric Morier-Genoud is a Lecturer in
African history at Queen's University Belfast; Domingos Manuel do
Rosario is Lecturer in electoral sociology and electoral governance
at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique; Michel Cahen is
a Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS) at Bordeaux Political Studies Institute and at
the Casa de Velazquez in Madrid.
A fresh analysis of the post-colonial war in Mozambique that
contributes to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development
and nationalism and offers insights into the nature of contemporary
politics and the current conflict. The 1976-1992 civil war which
opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among
other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique.
Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book
re-evaluates this period from a number of different local
perspectives in an attempt to better understand the history,
complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed conflict. Focusing at
local level on either a province or a single village, the authors
analyse the conflict as a "total social phenomena" involving all
elements of society and impacting on every aspect of life across
the country. The chapters examine Frelimo and Renamo as well as
private, popular and state militias, the Catholic Church, NGOs and
traders. Drawing on previously unexamined sources such as local and
provincial state archives, religious archives, the guerrilla's own
documentation and interviews, the authors uncoveralternative
dimensions of the civil war. The book thus enables a deeper
understanding of the conflict and its actors as well as offering an
explanatory framework for understanding peacemaking, the nature of
contemporary politics,and the current conflict in the country. Eric
Morier-Genoud is a Lecturer in African history at Queen's
University Belfast; Domingos Manuel do Rosario is Lecturer in
electoral sociology and electoral governance at Eduardo Mondlane
University, Maputo, Mozambique; Michel Cahen is a Senior Researcher
at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at
Bordeaux Political Studies Institute and at the Casa de Velazquez
in Madrid.
This international, edited collection brings together personal
accounts from researchers working in and on conflict and explores
the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and
positionality within the process of doing research, as well as the
complexity of methodological choices. It highlights the
researchers' own subjectivity and presents a nuanced view of
conflict research that goes beyond the 'messiness' inherent in the
process of research in and on violence. It addresses the
uncomfortable spaces of conflict research, the potential for
violence of research itself and the need for deeper reflection on
these issues. This powerful book opens up spaces for new
conversations about the realities of conflict research. These
critical self-reflections and honest accounts provide important
insights for any scholar or practitioner working in similar
environments.
This international, edited collection brings together personal
accounts from researchers working in and on conflict and explores
the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and
positionality within the process of doing research, as well as the
complexity of methodological choices. It highlights the
researchers' own subjectivity and presents a nuanced view of
conflict research that goes beyond the 'messiness' inherent in the
process of research in and on violence. It addresses the
uncomfortable spaces of conflict research, the potential for
violence of research itself and the need for deeper reflection on
these issues. This powerful book opens up spaces for new
conversations about the realities of conflict research. These
critical self-reflections and honest accounts provide important
insights for any scholar or practitioner working in similar
environments.
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against
violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former
combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive
fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance
explains the timing, location and process through which communities
form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates
characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias
that fight alongside the government against rebels. Militias spread
only to communities in which elites are relatively unified,
preventing elites from coopting militias for private gains.
Crucially, militias that build on preexisting social conventions
are able to resonate with the people and empower them to regain
agency over their lives. Jentzsch's innovative study brings
conceptual clarity to the militia phenomenon and helps us
understand how wartime civilian agency, violent resistance, and the
rise of third actors beyond governments and rebels affect the
dynamics of civil war, on the African continent and beyond.
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