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Peace and power sharing in Africa: a not so obvious relationship
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Abstract
Peace accords usually involve top politicians and military leaders, who negotiate, sign, and/or benefit from an agreement. What is conspicuously absent from such negotiations is broad-based participation by those who should benefit in the first place: citizens. More specifically, the local level of ... view more
Peace accords usually involve top politicians and military leaders, who negotiate, sign, and/or benefit from an agreement. What is conspicuously absent from such negotiations is broad-based participation by those who should benefit in the first place: citizens. More specifically, the local level of security provision and insecurity production is rarely taken into account. The analysis of recent African peace agreements shows important variations in power-sharing devices and why it is important to ask who is sharing power with whom. Experiences with power sharing are mixed and far less positive than assumed by outside negotiators.... view less
Keywords
peacekeeping; Kenya; Liberia; political participation; political power; Ivory Coast; conflict management; domestic security; Africa South of the Sahara; peace negotiation
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Konfliktbeendigung; Konfliktbeendigungsabkommen; Machtteilung; Bemühungen um Konfliktbeilegung; Internationales Konfliktmanagement
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
453–473 p.
Journal
African Affairs, 108 (2009) 432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adp038
ISSN
0001-9909
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.