Description
Product ID: | 9781108713498 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | New Approaches to African History |
Title: | African Peacekeeping |
Authors: | Author: Jonathan Fisher, Nina Wilen |
Page Count: | 258 |
Subjects: | Constitution: government and the state, Constitution: government & the state |
Description: | An accessible and comprehensive look at the story of Africa's contemporary history and politics through the lens of peacekeeping, which draws on examples from across the continent to explore peacekeeping by Africans, rather than peacekeeping by others in Africa. Exploring the story of Africa''s contemporary history and politics through the lens of peacekeeping, this concise and accessible book, based on over a decade of research across ten countries, focuses not on peacekeeping in Africa but, rather, peacekeeping by Africans. Going beyond the question of why post-conflict states contribute troops to peacekeeping efforts, Jonathan Fisher and Nina Wilén demonstrate how peacekeeping is – and has been – weaved into Africa''s national, regional and international politics more broadly, as well as what implications this has for how we should understand the continent, its history and its politics. In doing so, and drawing on fieldwork undertaken in every region of the continent, Fisher and Wilén explain how profoundly this involvement in peacekeeping has shaped contemporary Africa. |
Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-02-03 |