1997, ISBN: 9789022555675

Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. xii, 292 pages. Tables. Figures. Notes. Contributors. Index. Cover has slig… Meer...

Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1997. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. xii, 292 pages. Tables. Figures. Notes. Contributors. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Name in ink on half-title page. Ira William Zartman is Professor Emeritus at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University. He earlier directed the school's Conflict Management, and African Studies programs and continues to teach on Africa-related subjects. He holds the Jacob Blaustein Chair in International Organizations and Conflict Resolution. He is a founder and current Board Chairman of the International Peace and Security Institute (IPSI). He taught at the University of South Carolina, at New York University where he served as department head and as associate director of the Center for International Studies, and at the American University in Cairo. Professor Zartman was also Olin Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, Halevy Professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris and visiting professor at the American University in Paris. William Zartman was a consultant to the U.S. Department of State, President of the Tangier American Legation Museum Society, and past president of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Institute for Maghrib Studies. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of Processes of International Negotiations based at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. He received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain and his Ph.D. in International Relations from Yale University. Africa is known as a continent of conflict. Entire regions have been caught up in violent conflicts that have sometimes resulted in state collapse. Yet during its nearly four decades of independence, West Africa has known comparatively little violent conflict and has had diverse experiences in managing the conflicts of demand-bearing groups. As this book demonstrates, governance is conflict management. Governments are needed to handle the conflicting demands posed by groups in society and to reduce the conflicts that arise among the groups themselves. Unmanaged, these conflicts can escalate into violence; but managed, they give governments choice and direction, as well as energies to carry out essential programs. The authors examine the efforts of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria to manage their conflicts and evaluate the prospects of the three nations for effective regimes for managing conflicts in the future. By suggesting explanations for their past successes and failures, this study of West Africa contributes to an understanding of governance and conflict management. The lessons are far-reaching and applicable well beyond the African continent. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Tessy D. Bakary, Laval University, Quebec; A. Adu Boahen, University of Ghana at Legon; Alex Gboyega, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and Donald Rothchild, professor of political science at the University of California, Davis., Brookings Institution Press, 1997, Boekerij. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities., Boekerij<

ISBN: 9789022555675

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