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@article{ Mehler2009, title = {Peace and power sharing in Africa: a not so obvious relationship}, author = {Mehler, Andreas}, journal = {African Affairs}, number = {432}, pages = {453–473}, volume = {108}, year = {2009}, issn = {0001-9909}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adp038}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-371569}, 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 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.}, keywords = {politische Macht; peacekeeping; Kenya; Afrika südlich der Sahara; Liberia; Friedensverhandlung; political participation; political power; Ivory Coast; conflict management; Kenia; Elfenbeinküste; Konfliktregelung; Friedenssicherung; innere Sicherheit; Liberia; domestic security; Africa South of the Sahara; politische Partizipation; peace negotiation}}