Civil wars and third-party interventions in Africa. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Audrey Mattoon.
• Authors: Mattoon, Audrey
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Intricacy of Intervention; Who Intervenes and How Effective Are They?; Relationships and Interventions: Colonial History; Research Design; Why Not Regression?; Blueprint of the Book; Practical Implications; Note; References; Chapter 2: Legibility and Friction: Operating in Post-colonial Africa; Legibility and Post-colonial Africa; Structural; Cultural; Pathways to Intervention Success; Friction; Goal Creation; Intervention Outcomes and Intervention Success; Summary; Notes; References Chapter 3: Applying Multi-method Design to Post-­colonial AfricaQualitative Comparative Analysis; QCA Datasets; Intervention Outcome; Crisp-Set QCA; Conditions; Fuzzy-Set QCA; Conditions; Comparative Case Studies; Case Selection; Case Study Data; Notes; References; Chapter 4: QCA: Intervention in Africa Since 1960; Part 1: Qualitative Comparative Analysis; csQCA-All Interventions; Resolving Contradictions; Reduced Solutions; FsQCA-Colonial Power Interventions; Calibration; Data Analysis; fsQCA Model; Cultural; Institutional; Part 2: QCA Summary Discussion; Notes; References Chapter 5: Intervention GoalsSierra Leone; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-First Intervention; Goals; Language and Executive; Côte d'Ivoire-Second Intervention; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Mali; Goals; Language and Executive Relations; Connecting Goals to Outcomes; Testing Realizable Goals and Their Relation to Outcomes; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Operational Friction; Sierra Leone; Institutions and Operations; Language; Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-First Intervention; Language; Executive Relations; Côte d'Ivoire-Second Intervention; Language Executive RelationsMali; Institutions and Operations; Language; Executive Relations; Connecting Operations to Outcomes; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion; QCA Results; Language; Goals; Operations; Future Research; Policy Applications; Notes; References; Appendix A: Simplifying Assumptions for Boolean Minimization of csQCA; Sources for QCA Coding by Case ; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.6/4096; Political science; Civil war -- Africa; Intervention (International law); Comparative politics; Politics and war; Terrorism; Peace; International relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Civil war; Intervention (International law); Politics and government; Political Science -- General; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism; Political Science -- Peace; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Comparative politics; Warfare & defence; Terrorism, armed struggle; Peace studies & conflict resolution; International relations; Politics & government; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319449838; 3319449834
• Related ISBNs: 9783319449821; 3319449826
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 31, 2017).
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