Towards an African peace and security regime : continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance

"'Towards an African peace and security regime: continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance' provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Complementary to the editors' 'Africa's new peace and security architecture: implementing norms, institutionalising solutions' (Ashgate 2010), this volume revolves around three main areas of focus: the continental 'embeddedness' of norms, values and processes required for the gradual coming into shape of the African peace and security regime; its transnational linkages as well as the wider collective security environment; and the empirical analysis of the connections between the continental level and the regional economic communities with case-studies on ECOWAS, SADC and COMESA"--Provided by publisher Part I. Global Agriculture and the Challenge of Sustainability / Moya Kneafsey The Impact of Conflict on Agriculture and Post-conflict Reconstruction Challenges / Alpaslan Özerdem and Rebecca Roberts Projections on Future Challenges : Climate Change / Phil Harris and Alpaslan Özerdem Part II. Impact of conflict on Agriculture The Effects of Civil War on Agricultural Development and Rural Livelihood in Sierra Leone / Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere and Sindu Workneh Kebede How Conflict Affected Agriculture in Nepal / Gobinda Neupane and Richard Slade The Legacy of War : Unexploded Cluster Munitions in Southern Lebanon / Rebecca Roberts Women in Aceh : Conflict and Changing Agricultural Roles / Sylvia Stoll Part III. The Recovery of the Agriculture Sector Taking an Agroecological Approach to Recovery : Is It Worth It and Is It Possible? / Julia Wright and Lionel Weerakoon Post-apartheid Struggles : Land Rights and Smallholder Agriculture in South Africa / James Bennett Cambodia : The Challenge of Adding Value to Agriculture after Conflict / Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres and Sophal Ear Avoiding Dairy Aid Traps : The Cases of Uganda, India and Bangladesh / Bruce A. Scholten and Brian T. Dugdill Explicitly Licit : Stemming the Sand Tide in Kohsan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan / Lenard Milich Olive Trees : Livelihoods and Resistance / Marwan Darweish Practical Action in North Darfur / Liam Morgan and Barnaby Peacocke Agricultural Information amid Conflict : for Whom and for What? / Ian Christoplos Youth, Associations and Urban Food Security in Post-war Sierra Leone / Roy Maconachie The Only Way to Produce Food is to Cooperate and Reconcile? Failures of Cooperative Agriculture in Post-war Sierra Leone / Catherine Bolten Part IV. Conclusion Concluding Remarks: Looking to the Future : Agriculture Post-conflict / Rebecca Roberts and Julia Wright. This book revisits post-Cold War Disarmament Disintegration and Reintegration (DDR) programmes in the light of previous experiences of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration. In the history of North America and Europe, in particular, such programmes had a major impact on state-building, contributing to the development of the welfare state, shaping political settlements and directing government policy to maintain social peace. The authors in this important book ask what is left of these state-building dimensions in contemporary DDR programmes and whether the constraints imposed by international organisations on DDR programmes have more negative effects than positive ones. The role of political leadership in DDR processes is highlighted: can bureaucratically-driven processes deliver success? Only if political elites take full control and manage DDR programmes can there be a lasting impact on state-building. Even then, most political elites avoid deep changes in their relationship with the veterans. Is there a chance of reshaping international intervention in such a way as to favour the development of a'social contract'between political elites and veterans? In taking a historical perspective, this book is unique in the existing literature on DDR and will be essential reading for policy makers, students and scholars of conflict studies, and those working in NGOs, particularly donor agencies. This volume was produced with the contribution of the Crisis States Research Centre (LSE). Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume by Özerdem and Roberts conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments as well as identifying the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable agricultural production which is central to the survival of humanity. Without sustainable agriculture, populations remain vulnerable increasing the likelihood of a return to conflict. Therefore, sustainable agriculture is central to effective post-conflict recovery that provides human security as well as stability and rule of law. Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative understanding of sustainable agriculture challenges in post-conflict environments, there is originality in the interdisciplinary nature of the book. Interdisciplinary often means bringing together a political scientist and a sociologist, but in this case it means bringing together natural and social scientists, as well as those with practical experience in development and agricultural contexts. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identifies key themes and case studies, this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments. Seeing'fixing'agriculture as more than merely a technical matter, the volume focuses on this critical post-conflict challenge with social, political and cultural characteristics and consequences as well as the obvious economic ones. This book revisits post-Cold War Disarmament Disintegration and Reintegration (DDR) programmes in the light of previous experiences of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration. In the history of North America and Europe, in particular, such programmes had a major impact on state-building, contributing to the development of the welfare state, shaping political settlements and directing government policy to maintain social peace. The authors in this important book ask what is left of these state-building dimensions in contemporary DDR programmes and whether the constraints imposed by international organisations on DDR programmes have more negative effects than positive ones. The role of political leadership in DDR processes is highlighted: can bureaucratically-driven processes deliver success? Only if political elites take full control and manage DDR programmes can there be a lasting impact on state-building. Even then, most political elites avoid deep changes in their relationship with the veterans. Is there a chance of reshaping international intervention in such a way as to favour the development of a 'social contract' between political elites and veterans? In taking a historical perspective, this book is unique in the existing literature on DDR and will be essential reading for policy makers, students and scholars of conflict studies, and those working in NGOs, particularly donor agencies After over fifty-years of Canadian engagement with Africa, no comprehensive literature exists on Canada's security policy in Africa and relations towards Africa's regional organizations. The literature on Canada's foreign policy in Africa to date has largely focused on development assistance. For the first time, Edward Akuffo combines historical and contemporary material on Canada's development and security policy while analyzing the linkage between these sets of foreign policy practices on the African continent. The book makes an important contribution to the debate on Canada's foreign policy generally, and on Africa's approach to peace, security and development, while shedding light on a new theoretical lens - non-imperial internationalism - to understand Canada's foreign policy. The author captures an emerging trend of cooperation on peace, security, and development between the Canadian government and African regional organizations in the twenty-first century. The resulting book is a valuable addition to the literature on African politics, new regionalisms, foreign policy, global governance, and international development studies. The refugee phenomenon is a major force in international politics. This is more so in sub-Saharan Africa where refugees are major actors in the affairs of their home and host countries. But, are refugees just victims of insecurity or also major causes of insecurity? Mogire analyses how and why refugees, victims of insecurity caused by persecution and the many incessant conflicts which continue unabated, have come to be viewed by scholars and practitioners as security threats. Using Kenya and Tanzania as empirical case studies, this volume examines the nature of this threat, its projection and responses. Moreover, it highlights how, if at all, these threats are different or similar to other security threats faced by these countries. Introduction Tajikistan: DDR in a context of authoritarian peace / A. Mateveeva DDR in Mozambique: a success without the first "d" / Lorenzo Striuli Afghanistan: chaotic peacekeeping and DDR / A. Giustozzi The case of the FDLR in DR Congo: a technical drift? / Ben J. Sheperd The case of the FDLR in DR Congo: a façade of collaboration? / Zoë Marriage Settlement without disarmament in the Philippines / Francisco J. Lara Jr Colombia's paramilitary DDR and its limits / Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín and Andrea González Peña. Human Security: The Canadian And African Conceptualisations -- Sources Of Canadian Foreign Policy In Africa -- Canada And The New Partnership For Africa's Development (nepad) -- Canada And The African Union Peace And Security Architecture -- Canada And Human Security In West Africa -- Theorising Canadian Policy Towards The Au And Ecowas -- Toward A Canada Africa Policy. Edward Ansah Akuffo. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-242) And Index. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identifies key themes and case studies, this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments. Seeing 'fixing' agriculture as more than merely a technical matter, the volume focuses on this critical post-conflict challenge with social, political and cultural characteristics and consequences as well as the obvious economic ones This book provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. The book revolves around three main areas of focus: continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance with case-studies on ECOWAS, SADC and COMESA

Towards an African Peace and Security Regime: Continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance provides an informed and critical reflection on the adequacy of the emerging African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to the medium- and long-term challenges and opportunities of conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Complementary to the editors Refugees as a security threat Refugee militarisation Refugees and inter-state conflict Refugees and violent conflict in host states Refugees and crime Refugees and the problem of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) Refugees and the terrorist threat Security and refugee policies in East Africa. Focuses on Canada's security policy in Africa and relations towards Africa's regional organizations. The author captures an emerging trend of cooperation on peace, security, and development between the Canadian government and African regional organizations in the twenty-first century.