TY - BOOK ID - 1695908 TI - Is violence inevitable in Africa? AU - Engel, Ulf AU - Gentili, Annamaria AU - Chabal, Patrick PY - 2005 SN - 9004144501 9789004144507 9781429453431 1429453435 1280868317 9781280868313 9786610868315 661086831X 9047407784 9789047407782 1433704722 9781433704727 PB - Boston Leiden Brill DB - UniCat KW - Polemology KW - Conflict management KW - Political violence KW - 850 Vrede- en conflictstudies KW - 856 Conflictbenadering KW - 810 Theorie - methode KW - 846 Etniciteit KW - 835 Natuurlijke rijkdommen KW - 856.6 Vredesopbouw KW - 841.1 Democratisering KW - Violence KW - Political crimes and offenses KW - Terrorism KW - Prevention. KW - Africa KW - Politics and government KW - 810 Theorie en Methode KW - Prevention UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1695908 AB - This volume is an attempt to analyse the causes of violent conflict in Africa, to review the various approaches to conflict prevention and conflict resolution and to discuss some of the practical difficulties in ending violence. It brings together a wide range of scholars and practitioners, with specialist knowledge of a large number of African countries. The intention here is to provide a survey of the various approaches to conflict in Africa, a systematic discussion of some of the root causes of violence, as well as case studies on the consequences of violence and the effects of conflict resolution. ER -