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: Front Cover; About the Editor; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents ; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Warlord Democrats: Wartime Investments, Democratic Returns? ; Institutions, Political Parties and the Building of Post-Civil War Democracy. Formal Structures and Informal Realities Warlord Democrats as Electoral Navigators ; Warlord Democrats in an African Context. Why Warlord Democrats Further Peace or Foster Insecurity Probing the Cases ; Chapter Breakdown ; 1: Pompier-Pyromanocracy: Mbusa Nyamwisi and the Dr Congo's Inflammable Post-Settlement Political Order ; Introduction. Two Wars and Two Intransitive Transitions The Trajectory of Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi: Champion of Double-Dealing ; Concluding Remarks: The Democratization of Pompier-Pyromania ; 2: Apotheosis of a Warlord: Paul Kagame ; Introduction ; Background: Kagame's Avatars. Transforming the RPF from Rebel Movement to Electoral Party Security Outcomes of Kagame's and the RPF's Electoral Participation ; 3: Discourses of Peace and Fear: The Electoral Navigations of Sekou Conneh and Prince Johnson in Post-War Liberia ; Introduction ; Warlord Politics in Liberia ; Sekou Conneh: Securitizing the Ex-Combatant Issue.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.96; Political leadership -- Africa; Politicians -- Africa; Democracy -- Africa; Political structures: democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Democracy; Political leadership; Politicians; Politics and government; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783602506; 1783602503; 9781783602513; 1783602511
• Related ISBNs: 9781783602483; 9781783602490; 178360249X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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