Beschreibung:
A groundbreaking book that fundamentally opens the Central African Republic to African policymakers and scholars.
Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked. Democracy, in any kind of a meaningful sense, has eluded the country. Since the mid-1990s, army mutinies and serial rebellion in CAR have resulted in two major successful coups. Over the course of these upheavals, the country has become a laboratory for peacebuilding initiatives, hosting a two-decade-long succession of UN and regional peacekeeping, peacebuilding and special political missions.Drawing together the foremost experts on the Central African Republic, this much-needed volume provides the first in-depth analysis of the country’s recent history of rebellion, instability, and international and regional intervention.
- 1. Making Sense of CAR: An Introduction - Louisa Lombard and Tatiana Carayannis
- 2. CAR's History: The Past of a Tense Present - Stephen W. Smith
- 3. Being Rich, Being Poor: Wealth and Fear in the Central African Republic - Roland Marchal
- 4. Local Dynamics in the PK5 District of Bangui - Faouzi Kilembe
- 5. The Elite's Road to Riches in a Poor Country - Stephen W. Smith
- 6. A Multifaceted Business: Diamonds in the Central African Republic - Ned Dalby
- 7. The Autonomous Zone Conundrum: Armed Conservation and Rebellion in North-Eastern CAR - Louisa Lombard
- 8. CAR and the Regional (Dis)order - Roland Marchal
- 9. Pathologies of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in CAR - Nathaniel Olin
- 10. From Being Forgotten to Being Ignored: International Humanitarian Interventions in the Central African Republic - Enrica Picco
- 11. CAR's Southern Identity: Congo, CAR, and International Justice - Tatiana Carayannis
- 12. In Unclaimed Land: The Lord's Resistance Army in CAR - Ledio Cakaj
- 13. A Central African Elite Perspective on the Struggles of the Central African Republic - Laurence D. Wohlers
- 14. A Concluding Note on the Failure and Future of Peacebuilding in CAR - Tatiana Carayannis and Louisa Lombard