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Informationen zum Autor Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history and interim director of the Center for Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University (KSU), Kennesaw, Georgia. He was also formerly executive director of the Institute for Global Initiatives at KSU. He received his education at the University of Ife (renamed Obafemi Awolowo University) and earned his PhD in history, focusing on economic history. He is author, co-author, and co-editor of many books, and his articles have been published in many scholarly journals. His most recent publications include a co-edited book Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary Africa (Lexington Books, 2010), and a monograph In the Sphere of the Dragon: China's Economic Relations with Africa in the New Millennium (Ibadan School of History Monograph Series, 2010). In addition, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Global Initiatives. Klappentext This book explores the nascent and complex terrain of democratization and peaceful political transitions in Africa. It analyzes major election-related conflicts across the continent, explains their root causes and major consequences, and offers measures that may be undertaken to prevent, manage, and resolve election-induced conflicts. It charts a path for the future political and democratic stability in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Understanding Africa's Democratization, Elections, and ConflictsChapter 1: Dreams and Nightmares: Democratization, Elections, and Conflicts in Africa Chux Ibekwe and Akanmu G. AdebayoChapter 2: Security in Post-Civil War Democratic Transitions in AfricaAbiodun Alao and Mike AdeyeyeChapter 3: Traumatics: The Representation of Trauma in Yvonne Vera's Without a NameOumar Cherif DiopPart Two: Domestic and International Issues and ActorsChapter 4: Democratization and Post-Election Conflicts in Nigeria since Independence: A Historical ReconsiderationOluwakemi Abiodun AdesinaChapter 5: Incumbency as a Factor: Appropriation of State Security Resources and Electoral Governance in Nigeria'Lai OlurodeChapter 6: Religion and Political Activism in EgyptSamy GergesChapter 7: Democratization in Senegal: The Failure of the "Sopi" RevolutionHaluk B. Bingol and Richard VengroffChapter 8: The Involution of Democracy in Lusophone West AfricaBrandon D. LundyChapter 9: Conflict Analysis of the 2007 Post-election Violence in KenyaMara J. RobertsChapter 10: The French Press and Position on Post-Election Crisis in Côte d'IvoireEdoh AgbehonouChapter 11: United States Foreign Policy Responses to Africa's Transition ConflictsAndrew EwohPart Three: Conflict Resolution OptionsChapter 12: Post-Election Conflict Resolution in Africa: Lessons from African Peace ParadigmsAbdul Karim BanguraChapter 13: An African Model? Conflict Management in Ghana's 2008 Presidential ElectionsJoseph Kingsley AdjeiChapter 14: Lessons from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Managing Africa's ConflictsEdward L. MienieChapter 15: Could Forgiveness and Amnesty Be a Panacea to Kenya's Post-Election Conflict Era?Joseph W. Nasongo, Lydiah L. M. Wamocha, and Judith S. K. AchokaChapter 16: Establishing Electoral Conflict Management Panels: A Case Study of South AfricaIlona TipChapter 17: Post-Electoral Conflict in la Côte d'Ivoire: Road Map to PeaceSarah O. Danso...