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  • The Postcolonial African State in Transition

    Stateness and Modes of Sovereignty

    by Amy Niang ...
    Series series Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions
    The Postcolonial African State in Transition offers a new perspective on a set of fundamental, albeit old questions with salient contemporary resonance: what is the nature of the postcolonial state? How did it come about? And more crucially, the book poses an often neglected question: what was the postcolonial African state internally built against? Through a detailed historical investigation of ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • International Security and Peacebuilding

    Africa, the Middle East, and Europe

    by Rebecca Gulowski, Dauda Abubakar, Eva van Baarle, Michelle Schut, M. Abdulkadir Varoglu, Ufuk Basar, Amy Niang, Deniz Gokalp, Ünsal Sığrı ...
    The end of the Cold War was to usher in an era of peace based on flourishing democracies and free market economies worldwide. Instead, new wars, including the war on terrorism, have threatened international, regional, and individual security and sparked a major refugee crisis. This volume of essays on international humanitarian interventions focuses on what interests are promoted through these ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Researching Peacebuilding in Africa

    Reflections on Theory, Fieldwork and Context

    Edited by Ismail Rashid, Amy Niang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
    This book examines the multifaceted nature of conflict and the importance of the socio-economic and political contexts of conflict and violence and shows how to support ongoing initiatives and programs to build sustainable peace on the African continent.Drawing on a range of conceptual framings in the study of peace and conflict, from gender perspectives to institutionalist to decolonial ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies

    Critical Perspectives and Methods

    by Babacar M'Baye, Besi Brillian Muhonja, Ruth Evans, Ellen E. Foley, Juliana Friend, Cheikh Ibrahima Niang, Beth Packer, Amy Porter, Kadidia Sy0, Susan Telingator1, Sindiso Mnisi Weeks2, Ayo A. Coly3 ...
    Series series Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
    Drawing from the diverse fields of postcolonial studies, literary studies, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, environmental studies, and development studies, among others, Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies demonstrates the urgency and necessity of new research in gender and queer studies in and on Senegalese societies. By focusing on subjects that have thus far been ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

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  • Women and Wars

    Contested Histories, Uncertain Futures

    Edited by Carol Cohn ...
    Where are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars. As the pages of this book tell, though, those accounts are far from complete. Women can be found at every turn in the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Peaceland

    Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention

    by Séverine Autesserre ...
    Series series Problems of International Politics
    This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones around the world, it demonstrates that everyday elements - such as the expatriates' social habits and usual approaches to understanding their areas of operation - strongly influence peacebuilding effectiveness. ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Empire's Ally

    Canada and the War in Afghanistan

    by Greg Albo, Jerome Klassen ...
    The war in Afghanistan has been a major policy commitment and central undertaking of the Canadian state since 2001: Canada has been a leading force in the war, and has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on aid and reconstruction. After a decade of conflict, however, there is considerable debate about the efficacy of the mission, as well as calls to reassess Canada’s role in the conflict. An ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Humanitarian Intervention

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to Côte d�Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. But what about Syria? Why have we observed the Syrian slaughter and done nothing? Is humanitarian intervention in crisis? Is the so-called ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Development, Security and Unending War

    Governing the World of Peoples

    by Mark Duffield ...
    According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places – the West's way of life is threatened. In meeting this global danger, reducing poverty and developing the unstable regions of the world are now imperative. In what has become a truism of the post-Cold War period, security without development is ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Dilemmas of Statebuilding

    Confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations

    Edited by Roland Paris, Timothy D. Sisk ...
    Series series Security and Governance
    This book explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies.Since the end of the Cold War, more than 20 major peace operations have been deployed to countries emerging from internal conflicts. This book argues that international efforts to construct effective, legitimate governmental structures in these countries are necessary but fraught with ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Media and Development

    by Martin Scott ...
    Series series Development Matters
    Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to promoting democratic participation and state accountability, the media can play a crucial role in development. Yet the influence of the media is not always welcome. It can also be used as a mechanism of surveillance and control or to disseminate hate speech and propaganda.How then should we respond to the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • International Mediation

    by Paul F. Diehl, J. Michael Greig ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Conflicts in the international system, both among and within states, bring death, destruction, and human misery. Understanding how third parties use mediation to encourage settlements and establish a durable peace among belligerents is vital for managing these conflicts. Among many features, this book empirically examines the history of post-World War II mediation efforts to:Chart the historical ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD