The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa : The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization

Rwandan Alliance for the Renaissance of the Nation) ASIC Alex Stewart International Corporation BBTG broadly-based transitional government BHP Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. BNC Banque Nationale Congolaise CCOAIB Conseil de Concertation des Organisations d'Appui aux Initiatives de Base (Council of concertation for the organizations supporting based initiatives) CDA Congrés démocratique africain CDR Coalition pour la Défense de la République (for the Defence of the Republic) This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage after 1994 was at times unreliable. This book takes a look at life since then, adopting an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective. Beginning with an analysis of Rwanda since it was there, within the context of geopolitical change after 1989, that set the region ablaze through to a contemporary evolution in Congo, explaining war and regress, in the context of globalization and deomocratic reform. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Rwanda, Ten Years on: From Genocide to Dictatorship....Pages 15-47 Disconnecting the Threads: Rwanda and the Holocaust Reconsidered....Pages 48-70 The Evolution and Characteristics of Poverty and Inequality in Rwanda....Pages 71-100 Consociational Democracy for Rwanda?....Pages 101-122 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Regress, War and Fragile Recovery: The Case of the DRCongo....Pages 125-151 The Mining Sector in Congo: The Victim or the Orphan of Globalization?....Pages 152-189 Kivu and Ituri in the Congo War: The Roots and Nature of a Linkage....Pages 190-222 War and the Political Economy of Kinshasa....Pages 223-243 "This book examines international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that are affecting the Great Lakes region of Africa. The widespread violence and horrendous human suffering have been extensively reported in the media, but news coverage since 1994 has often been unreliable. This book adopts an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective. Starting from Rwanda in the regional geopolitical context during the 1990s, it follows the expanding instability into the Congo, explaining why war and regress must be seen in the context of globalization and democratic transition."--Jacket