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Power-sharing in Africa's war zones: how important is the local level?
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Abstract Research on power-sharing in Africa remains silent on the effects of national peace agreements on the sub-national level. Conversely, most armed conflicts originate and are fought in (or over) specific areas. A plausible hypothesis would be that for power-sharing to have the desired pacifying effect... mehr
Research on power-sharing in Africa remains silent on the effects of national peace agreements on the sub-national level. Conversely, most armed conflicts originate and are fought in (or over) specific areas. A plausible hypothesis would be that for power-sharing to have the desired pacifying effect throughout the national territory, it needs to be extended to the local level. Based on fieldwork in six former hotspots in Liberia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) we find that there is hardly any local content, including local power-sharing, in national agreements. However, contrary to our hypothesis, neither local content (inclusion of actors or interest) nor local-power-sharing (either introducing a local power balance or monopoly) are indispensable to effectively bring about local peace, at least in the short-term. On the contrary, it might even endanger the peace process. The importance of the sub-national level is overestimated in some cases and romanticised in others. However, the history of spatial-political links, centralised policies, and the establishment of local balances or monopolies of power ultimately play an important role.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
innere Sicherheit; Afrika; Demokratische Republik Kongo; Bürgerkrieg; politische Macht; Friedensprozess; Zentralafrika; Konflikt; Krieg; Burundi; Friedenssicherung; Liberia; Westafrika
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
power-sharing
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Seitenangabe
S. 681-706
Zeitschriftentitel
The Journal of Modern African Studies, 51 (2013) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X13000645
ISSN
1469-7777
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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