{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-conflict-response-and-leadership-in-africa-9780367332228","title":"Routledge Handbook of Conflict Response and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook explores the challenges and opportunities for leadership and conflict response in the context of Africa at several levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeadership plays a vital role in affecting conflict response but is frequently only examined at the macro level of state, government, and international organizations. This handbook addresses the need to explore challenges and opportunities for leadership at several levels: macro (global, regional, national), meso (NGOs, religious groups, academics), and micro (civil society organizations, youth groups, women's organizations). Analysis from multiple levels provides a broader explanation of conflict dynamics and helps to fit localized conflict transformation approaches into wider national or regional structures. The multidisciplinary essays presented in this volume encompass the psychological, political, and structural dimensions of conflict response and demonstrate how its success is fundamentally linked to the style of effectiveness of leader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of figures List of tables List of contributors List of abbreviations \u003c\/em\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eIan Liebenberg, Alpaslan Özerdem, and Sinem Akgül-Açıkmeşe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: The theory and dynamics of conflict response and leadership \u003c\/b\u003e1. The evolution of conflict response: management, resolution and transformation \u003ci\u003eAlpaslan Özerdem \u003c\/i\u003e2.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLeadership in conflict response: a conceptual exploration \u003ci\u003eSezai Özçelik, Murat Yorulmaz and Serdar Yılmaz \u003c\/i\u003e3. Decoding the emerging world order and challenges to global leadership \u003ci\u003eTarık Oğuzlu \u003c\/i\u003e4. Leadership from a civil society perspective \u003ci\u003eJessica Ayesha Northey \u003c\/i\u003e5. Leadership, conflict and negotiating sustainable socio-political frameworks in Africa \u003ci\u003eIan Liebenberg \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Macro-level leadership experiences in conflict response \u003c\/b\u003e6. Conflict response through operations: understanding the leadership roles of the EU and NATO in Africa \u003ci\u003eÇiğdem Üstün and Sinem Akgül-Açıkmeşe \u003c\/i\u003e7. Leadership of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur, 2003-2006 \u003ci\u003eKathryn Crewe Kelly \u003c\/i\u003e8. The Role of IGAD in peacebuilding and conflict resolution: the case of South Sudan \u003ci\u003eBilly Agwanda, Uğur Yasin Aral, Ahmad Shoaib Ghulam Nabi, and Israel Nyaburi Nyadera \u003c\/i\u003e9. Role of regional organizations in peace interventions: ECOWAS interventions in West Africa and macro-level leadership \u003cem\u003eBurak Toygar Halistoprak \u003c\/em\u003e10. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and conflict response in Madagascar \u003ci\u003eMphatso Jones Boti Phiri \u003c\/i\u003e11. The role of the United States as a global power in responding to violent conflicts in Africa \u003ci\u003eFestus Kofi Aubyn \u003c\/i\u003e12. Russia in the ‘new scramble for Africa’: a new search for leadership? \u003ci\u003eİnan Ruma \u003c\/i\u003e13. The People’s Republic of China in Africa \u003ci\u003eHaluk Karadağ \u003c\/i\u003e14. Turkey’s peacebuilding response in Africa: the case of Somalia \u003ci\u003eElem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu \u003c\/i\u003e15. The political transformation of the North African states in the post-Arab spring period \u003ci\u003eLaçin İdil Öztığ \u003c\/i\u003e16. Maritime security off Africa: perspectives on East and West Africa \u003ci\u003eFrancois Vreÿ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Meso\/micro-level leadership experiences in conflict response \u003c\/b\u003e17. Community leadership and alternative approaches to Western conflict resolution models \u003ci\u003eBezen Balamir Coskun \u003c\/i\u003e18. Leading and misleading the flock: understanding the ambivalent record of faith leaders in peacebuilding and conflict prevention \u003ci\u003eLaura Payne \u003c\/i\u003e19. Clan elders and traditional reconciliation in Somalia: exercising servant leadership while rebuilding legitimate state structures\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntti Pentikäinen and Oakley Thomas Hill \u003c\/i\u003e20. Rwenzori in Uganda: the failures of reconciliation \u003ci\u003eStefano Ruzza \u003c\/i\u003e21. Civil society groups’ peace activism and media in Kenya \u003ci\u003eZacharia Chiliswa \u003c\/i\u003e22. Local communities, ICTs and conflict prevention in Africa: a critical inquiry \u003ci\u003eChas Morrison \u003c\/i\u003e23. Youth leadership in conflict response in South Africa \u003ci\u003eCihan Dizdaroğlu \u003c\/i\u003e24. Youth and peacebuilding in West Africa: the experiences of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) \u003ci\u003eChukwuemeka B. Eze, Levinia Addae-Mensah and Osei Baffour Frimpong \u003c\/i\u003e25. Making a difference in peacekeeping operations: voices of South African women peacekeepers, 2000-18 \u003ci\u003eAngela Alchin, Amanda Gouws and Lindy Heinecken \u003c\/i\u003e26. Leadership in peacekeeping training: the contribution by KAIPTC to peace and security in West Africa \u003ci\u003eNaila Salihu \u003c\/i\u003e27. Human rights protection and leadership in contemporary African conflicts \u003ci\u003eMichelle Nel \u003c\/i\u003e28. The comparative role of political leadership in alleviating conflict: South Africa and Rwanda \u003cem\u003eKula\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eIshmael Theletsane \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: Recommendations for improved leadership in conflict response \u003c\/b\u003e29. How to improve leadership in conflict response in Africa: lessons learned \u003cem\u003eSinem Akgül-Açıkmeşe, Alpaslan Özerdem, and Ian Liebenberg \u003c\/em\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017869656407,"sku":"9780367332228","price":193.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367332228.jpg?v=1750774936","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-conflict-response-and-leadership-in-africa-9780367332228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}