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This volume examines the dynamics of socio-political order in
post-colonial states across the Pacific Islands region and West
Africa in order to elaborate on the processes and practices of
peace formation. Drawing on field research and engaging with
post-liberal conceptualisations of peacebuilding, this book
investigates the interaction of a variety of actors and
institutions involved in the provision of peace, security and
justice in post-colonial states. The chapters analyse how different
types of actors and institutions involved in peace formation engage
in and are interpenetrated by a host of relations in the local
arena, making 'the local' contested ground on which different
discourses and praxes of peace, security and justice coexist and
overlap. In the course of interactions, new and different forms of
socio-political order emerge which are far from being captured
through the familiar notions of a liberal peace and a Weberian
ideal-type state. Rather, this volume investigates how (dis)order
emerges as a result of interdependence among agents, thus laying
open the fundamentally relational character of peace formation.
This innovative relational, liminal and integrative understanding
of peace formation has far-reaching consequences for
internationally supported peacebuilding. This book will be of much
interest to students of statebuilding, peace studies, security
studies, governance, development and IR.
This volume examines the dynamics of socio-political order in
post-colonial states across the Pacific Islands region and West
Africa in order to elaborate on the processes and practices of
peace formation. Drawing on field research and engaging with
post-liberal conceptualisations of peacebuilding, this book
investigates the interaction of a variety of actors and
institutions involved in the provision of peace, security and
justice in post-colonial states. The chapters analyse how different
types of actors and institutions involved in peace formation engage
in and are interpenetrated by a host of relations in the local
arena, making 'the local' contested ground on which different
discourses and praxes of peace, security and justice coexist and
overlap. In the course of interactions, new and different forms of
socio-political order emerge which are far from being captured
through the familiar notions of a liberal peace and a Weberian
ideal-type state. Rather, this volume investigates how (dis)order
emerges as a result of interdependence among agents, thus laying
open the fundamentally relational character of peace formation.
This innovative relational, liminal and integrative understanding
of peace formation has far-reaching consequences for
internationally supported peacebuilding. This book will be of much
interest to students of statebuilding, peace studies, security
studies, governance, development and IR.
Recent scholarship in International Relations (IR) has started to
study the meaning and implications of a non-Western world. With
this comes the need for a new paradigm of IR theory that is more
global, open, inclusive, and able to capture the voices and
experiences of both Western and non-Western worlds. This book
investigates why Africa has been marginalised in IR discipline and
theory and how this issue can be addressed in the context of the
emerging Global IR paradigm. To have relevance for Africa, a new IR
theory needs to be more inclusive, intellectually negotiated and
holistically steeped in the African context. In this innovative
volume, each author takes a critical look at existing IR paradigms
and offers a unique perspective based on the African experience.
Following on from Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan's work,
Non-Western International Relations Theory, it develops and
advances non-Western IR theory and the idea of Global IR. This
volume will be of key interest to scholars and students of African
politics, international relations, IR theory and comparative
politics.
Recent scholarship in International Relations (IR) has started to
study the meaning and implications of a non-Western world. With
this comes the need for a new paradigm of IR theory that is more
global, open, inclusive, and able to capture the voices and
experiences of both Western and non-Western worlds. This book
investigates why Africa has been marginalised in IR discipline and
theory and how this issue can be addressed in the context of the
emerging Global IR paradigm. To have relevance for Africa, a new IR
theory needs to be more inclusive, intellectually negotiated and
holistically steeped in the African context. In this innovative
volume, each author takes a critical look at existing IR paradigms
and offers a unique perspective based on the African experience.
Following on from Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan's work,
Non-Western International Relations Theory, it develops and
advances non-Western IR theory and the idea of Global IR. This
volume will be of key interest to scholars and students of African
politics, international relations, IR theory and comparative
politics.
In recent years, China and India have become the most important
economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by
leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in
a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's
engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as
a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by
excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on
the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on
Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the
opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of
China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that
African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China
and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
In recent years, China and India have become the most important
economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by
leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in
a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's
engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as
a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by
excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on
the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on
Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the
opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of
China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that
African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China
and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
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