Warlord democrats in Africa : ex-military leaders and electoral politics /: ex-military leaders and electoral politics. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anders Themnér.
• Editors: Themnér, Anders
• Contents: Introduction: Warlord Democrats: Wartime Investments, Democratic Returns? - Anders Themnér 1. Pompier-pyromanocracy : Mbusa Nyamwisi and the DR Congo’s Inflammable Post-settlement Political Order - Judith Verweijen 2. Apotheosis of a Warlord: Paul Kagame - Lars Waldorf 3. Discourses of Peace and Fear: The Electoral Navigations of Sekouh Conneh and Prince Johnson in Post-war Liberia - Carrie Manning and Anders Themnér 4. Afonso Dhlakama and RENAMO’s Return to Armed Conflict since 2013: The Politics of Reintegration in Mozambique - Alex Vines 5. From Warlord to Drug Lord: The Life of João Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira - Henrik Vigh 6. Shape-shifters in the Struggle for Survival: Post-war Politics in Sierra Leone - Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs and Ibrahim Bangura 7. Riek Machar: Warlord-Doctor in South Sudan - Johan Brosché and Kristine Höglund Conclusion: Ambiguous Peacelords: The Diminishing Returns of Post-war Democracy - Anders Themnér
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.96; Political leadership -- Africa; Politicians -- Africa; Democracy -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783602513; 9781783602506; 9781783602520
• Related ISBNs: 9781783602490; 9781783602483
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