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The African Union has been a major factor in establishing peace,
security and development in Africa. Today, however, the
intranational body is struggling in the midst of a perceived
dissipating appetite for supporting continental institutions.
Previously seen as the panacea to Africa's continuing problems with
violence and corruption in society, under the slogan "African
Solutions to African Problems", the African Union, this book
argues, seems to have run its course. Recognizing that the measured
successes in political emancipation which have been recorded across
the African continent do not seem to have translated into economic
and social gains for its 1.2 billion citizens, the AU adopted a new
development framework dubbed "Agenda 2063". The framework calls on
African leaders to rediscover the `Pan African' spirit and to
create the `Africa Africans want'. In practice this means a new
focus and engagement with the African Diaspora, tapping into their
strong track-record in economic development. As this book shows
however, there remain deep differences over the meaning, timing and
sequencing of pan-African integration. Indeed, different member
states have different understandings of the role of the African
Union itself. This essential handbook, from one of the leading
research institutions on the continent, seeks to uncover what some
of those understandings are and why the unification project has
remained so elusive.
This handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda
for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and
peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa's
regional organisations in their efforts towards building
sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external
actors, including the United Nations, Britain, France, and South
Asian troop-contributing countries. In so doing, it revisits the
late Ali Mazrui's concept of Pax Africana, calling on Africans to
take responsibility for peace and security on their own continent.
The creation of the African Union, in 2002, was an important step
towards realising this ambition, and has led to the development of
a new continental architecture for more robust conflict management.
But, as the volume's authors show, the quest for Pax Africana faces
challenges. Combining thematic analyses and case studies, this book
will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on
peace, security, and governance issues in Africa.
This handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda
for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and
peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa's
regional organisations in their efforts towards building
sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external
actors, including the United Nations, Britain, France, and South
Asian troop-contributing countries. In so doing, it revisits the
late Ali Mazrui's concept of Pax Africana, calling on Africans to
take responsibility for peace and security on their own continent.
The creation of the African Union, in 2002, was an important step
towards realising this ambition, and has led to the development of
a new continental architecture for more robust conflict management.
But, as the volume's authors show, the quest for Pax Africana faces
challenges. Combining thematic analyses and case studies, this book
will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on
peace, security, and governance issues in Africa.
Attempts have been made by researchers to develop an explanation of
violent conflict. Specifically, attempts to link environmental
scarcity to violent conflict have gone through three generations of
scholarship. Although findings have led to new insights in our
understanding, a direct correlation between them is yet to be
established. This research draws on findings linking theory of
violent conflict to cases in three Kenyan provinces with a view to
further develop this new understanding. The first part of the book
discusses relevant theories about sources and dynamics of
conflicts. The second part explores the relationship between
environmental factors and violence. It builds on the theoretical
and conceptual frameworks on the causal dynamics relating to
Environmental scarcity and violent conflict. Variations in Violent
Conflicts in Africa: The Relative Influence of Political and
Environmental Factors will be a useful text for students in Peace
and Conflict Studies, Political Science, Environmental Studies and
other related disciplines.
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