University Press of America
Pages: 250
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-4479-2 • Paperback • December 2008 • $53.99 • (£42.00)
Dr. Kenneth Omeje is a lecturer in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and a specialist in African Peace and Conflict Studies. He is the author of High Stakes and Stakeholders: Oil Conflict and Security in Nigeria and has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.
Part 1 Part I—Conceptual, Historical, Regional, & International Aspects
Part 2 Chapter 1—Introduction: Discourses of the Liberian Civil War and the Imperatives of Peacebuilding
Part 3 Chapter2—The Political History of Liberia and the Civil War
Part 4 Chapter 3—Failure of Domestic Politics and Civil War in Liberia: Regional Ramifications and ECOWAS Intervention
Part 5 Chapter 4—Conflicts and Interventions in Liberia: The Local, Regional, and International Dynamics
Part 6 Part II—Empirical & Policy Aspects
Part 7 Chapter 5—Dynamics of Gender Relations in War-Time and Post-War Liberia: Implications for Public Policy
Part 8 Chapter 6—Peacebuilding and Inter-Religious Dialogue in Liberia: Reflections on the Role of the Inter-Religious Council of Liberia
Part 9 Chapter 7—Music, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Post-War Liberia
Part 10 The Role of Civil Society in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia: A Policy Approach
Part 11 An Integrated Framework for Peacebuilding, Human Rights and Development: Reflections on Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Part 12 About the Contributors
Part 13 Index
This collection provides a penetrating and constructive examination of what to many people outside Africa seemed an unfathomable situation in Liberia and an overwhelming task of peacebuilding.
— Peter Woodward, professor of politics, University of Reading, U.K.
Kenneth Omeje has produced an interesting, in-depth, well-written, and comprehensive book with highly accessible chapters that improve our understanding of the causes and effects of the Liberian War.
— Jeffrey Ian Ross, associate professor in the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Policy and fellow, Center for Comparative and I