Researching Peacebuilding in Africa

Reflections on Theory, Fieldwork and Context

• Author(s): Ismail Rashid, Amy Niang,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 254
• ISBN_10: 1000284077
  ISBN_13: 9781000284072
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Peace , Political Science / World / African , Science / Research & Methodology , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Human Geography , Political Science / Comparative Politics , Technology & Engineering / Military Science ,

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This book examines the multifaceted nature of conflict and the importance of the socio-economic and political contexts of conflict and violence and shows how to support ongoing initiatives and programs to build sustainable peace on the African continent.

Drawing on a range of conceptual framings in the study of peace and conflict, from gender perspectives to institutionalist to decolonial perspectives, the contributors show how peacebuilding research covers a whole range of questions that go beyond concerns for post-conflict reconstruction strategies. Chapters focus on the methodological, theoretical and practical aspects of peacebuilding and provide a toolbox of perspectives for conceptualizing and doing peacebuilding research in Africa. Anchored in African-centered perspectives, the book encourages and promotes high-quality interdisciplinary research that is conflict-sensitive, historically informed, theoretically grounded and analytically sound.

This book will be of benefit to scholars, policy makers and research institutions engaged in peacebuilding in Africa.