African conflicts and informal power : big men and networks /: big men and networks. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mats Utas.
• Other Names: Utas, Mats
• Contents: Introduction: Bigmanity and network governance in African conflicts - By Mats Utas Part 1: Country case studies1. Informal political structures, resources and the Ugandan army; military entrepreneurialism in the Ugandan-Congolese borderland - Koen Vlassenroot and Sandrine Perot 2. Big Man Business in the Borderland of Sierra Leone - Maya Mynster Christensen 3. The politics of impersonation: Corps habillés, Nouchis, and subaltern Bigmanity in Côte d'Ivoire - Karel Arnaut 4. Demobilized or remobilized? Liberia's remaining rebel structures in post-war security settings - Mariam Persson 5. 'Castles in the sand': Informal networks and power brokers in the Northern Mali periphery - Morten Böås Part 2: Thematic case studies6. Critical states and cocaine connections - By Henrik Vigh 7. African Big Men and international criminal justice: the case of Sierra Leone - By Gerhard Anders 8. Big Man bargaining in African conflicts - By Ilmari Käihkö 9. Intermediaries of peace or agents of war: the role of ex-midlevel commanders in Big Man networks - By Anders Themnér 10. The Big Men commanding conflict resources in Africa: the DRC case - By Ruben de Koning
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 320.96; Power (Social sciences) -- Africa; Power (Social sciences) -- Africa -- Case studies; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Case studies; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960- -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848138858; 1848138857
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.